How Can Interdisciplinary Collaboration Between Schools Promote Culturally Diverse Students' Success?(Report‪)‬

INTRODUCTION This article discusses interdisciplinary collaboration at Clayton State University (CSU), a technology-focused, suburban, commuter university with a very diverse student population. Although it is located in a suburban area, CSU, located in Morrow, Georgia, shares many characteristics of urban universities. Its diverse student body varies by age, culture, and ethnicity. In the spring of 2008, the average age of the 5,935 students in the university (and in the School of Business) was 28 years, and the average age of the nursing students was 29 years. The university student body was 70.0% females and 30.09% males. Both the 2002 and the 2005 editions of America's Best Colleges, published by U.S. News and World Report, stated that CSU had the most diverse student body among comprehensive baccalaureate granting colleges in the southern United States. As of spring, 2008, the university's student body included a population of 27.94% White and 54.21% African-Americans.