'Adrift' in Adulthood: critical thinking capacity strongly influences later success

Posted Wed, 01/25/2012 - 2:06pm by eileen

A Chronicle of Higher Education article comments on a report titled Documenting Uncertain Times: Postgraduate Transitions of the Academically Adrift Cohort, by Richard Arum (New York University), released at the annual meeting of the Association of Colleges and Universities.  The report further expands on issues contained in a book titled Academically Adrift, released in early 2011. 

See full article: 'Adrift' in Adulthood: Students Who Struggled in College Find Life Harsher After Graduation

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"Graduates who scored in the bottom 20 percent on a test of critical thinking fared far more poorly on measures of employment and lifestyle when compared with those who scored in the top 20 percent."