''Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses'' is a
book
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written by
Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa, published by the
University of Chicago Press
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in January 2011.
The book examines the current state of
higher education in the United States
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. The book and its findings received extensive national media coverage and sparked a debate about what undergraduate students learn once they get into college.
The research draws on transcript data, the
Collegiate Learning Assessment
The Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) is a standardized testing initiative in United States higher educational evaluation and assessment. It uses a "value-added" outcome model to examine a college or university's contribution to student learn ...
, and survey responses from more than 2,300 undergraduates at twenty-four institutions in their first semester and again at the end of their second year. The analysis reveals that 45 percent of these students demonstrated no significant improvement in a range of skills—including
critical thinking
Critical thinking is the process of analyzing available facts, evidence, observations, and arguments to make sound conclusions or informed choices. It involves recognizing underlying assumptions, providing justifications for ideas and actions, ...
, complex reasoning, and writing—during their first two years of college.
See also
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In the Basement of the Ivory Tower
''In the Basement of the Ivory Tower: Confessions of an Accidental Academic'' is a 2011 book by an adjunct professor of English, who writes under the pen name Professor X. It is based on an Atlantic Monthly article of the same title. "Professor X ...
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Real Education''
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UnCollege
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The New Yorker
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References
Books about education
University of Chicago Press books
2011 non-fiction books
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