A Professor’s Tough Examination—Of Our Higher Education System
There are lots of people in our higher education system who claim that it is “the envy of the world” and just needs more money to graduate more young Americans…
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Why College Graduates Still Can’t Think
More than six years have passed since Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa rocked the academic world with their landmark book, Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses. Their study of more…
The most important part of a college education
General education does not get the respect it deserves on U.S. campuses.
Here is how academics ruined the critical thinking movement
Here is how academics ruined the critical thinking movement
Worthwhile Reform or Vain Endeavor?
The UNC system’s newly-formed General Education Council hopes its initiative will improve core curricula.