<p>A couple of things struck me:</p>
<p>with the possible exception of "teamwork and collaboration," you could take all of the areas singled out by business (and by extension by the report) for emphasis, string them together, and you'd have a pretty reasonable paraphrase of the "educational precepts" of nearly any liberal arts college written 20-30 years ago.</p>
<p>As Dadofsam points out, the most conspicuous omission from the list is one that's been central to liberal education: in depth knowledge of at least one discipline (and this includes not only its subject matter, but also its modes of thought and discourse).</p>
<p>Finally, most of the departments and programs that have been added to colleges and universities in the recent past are interdisciplinary by their very nature. Things like global/international studies, environmental science, area studies, women's studies, etc. are often departments of specialists from different disciplines. </p>
<p>I'm not so sure I see much new in this "new definition."</p>