Academically Adrift: How College Students and Professors Aren't Making the Grade




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Summary: A college education is still considered key to the American dream. But is that dream hollow? “Academically Adrift” a new book by two college professors contends that a surprising number of today’s college students show little-to-no improvement in critical thinking or written communication throughout their time at college.  So why aren’t our college students learning more – and are any schools getting it right?