May 10, 2021
Georgia Tech's new Strategic Plan calls for us to prepare students to "develop innovative and socially responsible solutions" to today's most pressing global challenges. Inter/transdisciplinary teaching and research, along with a focus on experiential, problem-based service learning are outlined as important action steps towards attaining this goal. Jennifer Hirsch (SLS Director) and Ruthie Yow (SLS Service Learning and Partnerships Specialist) recently wrote this article about how SLS has been developing and implementing transdisciplinary models for teaching and learning since its launch in January 2016.