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Academically Adrift: Ekman responds to ACTA's Neal

Washington Post College Inc. Blog - Opinion Piece

January 27, 2011

A recent study by Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa, "Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses," and other reports raise the question whether colleges offer a solid education. Indeed, a guest blogger on College Inc. last week, Anne Neal of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA), claimed the study confirmed ACTA's view that "students aren't learning very much at all in their first two years of college." The Arum/Roksa study does raise doubts about whether students are studying hard and learning enough, but it does not confirm the ACTA view that students are not studying the "right" subjects.

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