St. Catherine’s wanted to attack the perceived lack of community on its campus with an effort to reinvigorate the faculty. After wide consultation among faculty across disciplines, Project Colleague was created and eventually funded by The Bush Foundation. The goals of the project were twofold: to create more collegial and less formal climate among faculty by encouraging collaboration across disciplines, and to improve teaching and learning through interdisciplinary faculty collaboration. The program created interdisciplinary study groups. The program increased colleagiality and laid the groundwork for the large task of re-designing the core curriculum.
For more on Project Colleague: http://www.nerche.org/project_colleague.html
