There is no such thing as an easy route to implementation.
Every idea encounters significant obstacles before it becomes a program.
Interdisciplinary initiatives are particularly difficult to manage due to the issue of sharing faculty members from different departments and schools. The CIE will centralize enthusiasm for experimental ideas and create a process whereby many of these obstacles can easily be overcome. Furthermore, it will create opportunities for students to have dialogues with the faculty and administrators who, if they collaborate, have the ability to transform the ideas into viable programs. This dialogue is the first step towards initiation, and if it occurs on a regular basis then viable plans are bound to develop. The CIE will be a hub for new ideas in educational programming, functioning in a similar manner to the Writers House and Civic House.