http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/17/academically-adrift/?scp=2&sq=Richard%20Arum&st=cse
In the book, and in an accompanying study being released Tuesday, the authors followed more than 2,300 undergraduates at two dozen universities, and concluded that 45 percent “demonstrated no significant gains in critical thinking, analytical reasoning, and written communications during the first two years of college.”
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