A model for cross-institutional collaboration: how the intercollegiate biomathematics alliance is pioneering a new paradigm in response to diminishing resources in academia. Issue 1 (1st January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Akman, Olcay; Powell, Megan
• Is Part Of: Letters in biomathematics. Volume 5:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 121
• Page End: 127
• Publication Date: 2018-01-01
• Subjects: Institutional collaboration -- intercollegiate biomathematics alliance -- community curriculum -- shared resources -- research workshops -- IBA -- undergraduate research; Biomathematics -- Periodicals; Computational Biology; Biostatistics; Models, Biological; Biomathematics; Periodicals; Periodicals; 570.151
• DOI: 10.1080/23737867.2018.1445044
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2373-7867

Abstract

Abstract: We present an emerging model of shared academic, intellectual and infrastructure resources that addresses the need for institutions to sustain their educational and scholarship missions under ever-declining funding. The (IBA) was created in 2014 by Illinois State University for this purpose, eventually growing to a state-recognized 'Center for Collaborative Studies' in 2017. As the impact of the IBA continues to expand, it is on its way to become a new education paradigm in response to diminishing resources, and it can serve as a model to foster collaboration for other fields of mathematics.