Economists who have studied the relationship between education and economic growth confirm what common sense suggests: The number … - Derek Bok

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Economists who have studied the relationship between education and economic growth confirm what common sense suggests: The number of college degrees is not nearly as important as how well students develop cognitive skills, such as critical thinking and problem-solving ability.

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For some students, especially in the sciences, the knowledge gained in college may be directly relevant to graduate study. For almost all students, a liberal arts education works in subtle ways to create a web of knowledge that will illumine problems and enlighten judgment on innumerable occasions in later life.

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I think it's sort of an outrage that companies should have to hire firms to teach the college graduates they employ how to write.

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As countries embrace mass higher education, the cost of maintaining universities increases dramatically relative to an elite system.

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The college that takes students with modest entering abilities and improves their abilities substantially contributes more than the school that takes very bright students and helps them develop only modestly.

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Doctoral training is devoted almost entirely to learning to do research, even though most Ph. Ds who enter academic life spend far more time teaching than they do conducting experiments or writing books.

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