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Lumina's Degree Profile: A co-author's view

Washington Post College Inc. Blog - Opinion Piece

January 27, 2011

What Harvard's Derek Bok too politely termed Our Underachieving Colleges (2006) is a red flag for a society that depends on brain power to fuel the economy and help solve festering societal problems. This week, however, the Lumina Foundation for Education steps forth with a bold proposed solution: a twenty-first century effort to define the learning outcomes or "competencies" that students need to master -- whatever their major -- as they move from the associate's level to the bachelor's level to a master's degree.

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