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As Countries Embrace Mass Higher Education, The Cost Of Maintaining Universities Increases Dramatically Relative To An Elite System.

Although Professors Regard Improving Critical Thinking As The Most Important Goal Of College, Tests Reveal That Seniors Who Began Their Studies With Average Critical Thinking Skills Have Progressed Only From The 50th Percentile Of Entering Freshmen To About The 69th Percentile.

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Again And Again, Universities Have Put A Low Priority On The Very Programs And Initiatives That Are Needed Most To Increase Productivity And Competitiveness, Improve The Quality Of Government, And Overcome The Problems Of Illiteracy, Miseducation, And Unemployment.

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.