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Why Higher Ed Needs to Bridge the Critical Thinking Skills Gap

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Relatively few students who took the test showed any improvement between freshman and senior years, even at schools where critical thinking was part of the curriculum. Pair that with confirmation bias (the tendency to seek out and believe information that maps to one’s own beliefs) and you have a recipe for trouble.

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With an Unusual Model and ‘Forbidden Courses,’ a New University Is Taking Shape in Texas

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John's College in Annapolis, an institution known for its Great Books curriculum. That we're creating an institution that is going to welcome people from across the spectrum of political inclination, belief and experience. Those human needs include pastoral needs, intellectual development, socialization, those sorts of things.

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