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1、GuestEditorial93GuestEditorialDevelopingInterdisciplinaryProblemSolvingChrisArneyDept.ofMathematicalSciencesU.S.MilitaryAcademyWestPointNY10996david.arneySusma.eduDisciplinarityAcademeisfixatedondisciplinarydepthandspecialization.Peoplehaveatendencytogravitatetotheirinterestsan

2、dfocustheirlearningto-wardonemost-comfortableacademicdiscipline.Ifsuccessfulenough,theybecomeexperts(specialists)intheirchosendiscipline.Inthisdisciplinary-basedacademicworld,themoreadvancedastudent'slearning,themorenarrow(butdeeper)areherinterestsandskills.Thecommonphraseistha

3、tshebecomes"aninchwideandamiledeep."Universitiesandmanycolleges,throughtheirdiscipline-baseddepart-ments,educatetheseexpertsatvariouslevelsofdegrees.Societyrewardsholdersofthesedegreeswithpositionsthatsometimeshavesomethingtodowiththeperson'sacademicdiscipline.Butatightdiscipli

4、ne-skillmatchdoesnotalwayshappen.Why?Narrowacademicdisciplinesdonotal-waysmatchthebroaderjob-skillsandprofessionalneedsallthatwell.Formanyuniversitiesandcolleges,thatlimitationdoesnotmatter—havingtheirgraduatesobtainagoodjobiswhatmatters.Traditionally,employersarenotashappywith

5、thisacademicdisciplinaryfocus,buttheyhavelittlechoicebuttoacceptthebestavailable,narrowlyeducatedgradu-ates.Professionaleducationandon-the-jobtrainingreducethisdiscipline-skillgapandeventuallycreateapersonwhoissuitedtothejobofsolvingthebroader,morecomplexreal-worldproblems.TheU

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7、tingwithcreditispermitted,butcopyrightsforcomponentsofthisworkownedbyothersthanCOMAPmustbehonored.Tocopyotherwise,torepubHsh,topostonservers,ortoredistributetolistsrequirespriorpermissionfromCOMAP.94TheUMAPJournal34.2(2013)Wefrequentlyencounterthisdiscipline-focusedacademicenvi

8、ronment.Thefirstthingoneasksapersonattendingauniversit