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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.

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.

Greater Inequality In Europe Has Made People Less Happy.

An Educated Man Must Have A "curiosity In Exploring The Unfamiliar And Unexpected, An Open-mindedness In Entertaining Opposing Points Of View, Tolerance For The Ambiguity That Surrounds So Many Important Issues, And A Willingness To Make The Best Decisions He Can In The Face Of Uncertainty And Doubt".

Good Teaching Is Creating Really Interesting Generalizations Out Of War Stories.