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Why Higher Ed Needs to Bridge the Critical Thinking Skills Gap

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Critical thinking is a tremendously important skill. The most recent results of the Collegiate Learning Assessment Plus (CLA+) test—a standardized testing initiative designed to measure college students’ critical thinking skills—are not encouraging. But, it turns out, teaching this skill is no easy task.

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

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It turns out, this fledgling university has been quietly working on raising money and finding land for the campus—and testing out its unusual model. What we think the purpose of a university is, and this will get to why I'm doing this project now, is to give human beings the ability to better understand themselves and the world.

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