He also is the associate vice president for undergraduate education. He comes from Northeastern University in Boston, where he was involved with several programs involving core competencies and interdisciplinary learning. They have both vertical and horizontal integration. Younger students have built-in mentors.
More advanced students assume leadership roles.
Three come readily to mind, but none with the scope and ambitious vision that IIT has shown. One college puts together groups of students who work on industry-based problems. Essentially, they assist faculty who consult with industry. A well-known university has clusters of honors students. The expectation is that teams stay together for four years to work on problems for industry or on community-based service.