Teaching Evolution across the Curriculum

The chapters are based largely on a movement to teach evolution across the curriculum, beginning in 2003 when one of the authors decided to initiate a program at Binghamton University. The first sister program was started by another author at SUNY–New Paltz in 2007, followed by a National Science Foundation grant during 2008–2010 to develop the programs and create a multi-institution consortium. Over 40 campuses expressed interest, but only a few developed full-fledged campus-wide programs. The EvoS Consortium movement can therefore be considered a glass that is partly full and partly empty. As this volume shows, the need to teach evolution across the curriculum is greater than ever and campus-wide established programs work well, but their establishment has become limited. In this final chapter, the authors attempt to diagnose the limiting factors and suggest ways to teach evolution across the curriculum that include, but go beyond, campus-wide programs.