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by rivalis 5548 days ago
On the subject of evidence for "failing to educate": there is statistical evidence (with a decent sample size and population) that a large percentage of students (36-ish) do not show improvement on the CLA (http://www.collegiatelearningassessment.org/) after four years of college, a test meant to measure the sorts of higher-order literacy skills that almost everyone agrees college students should learn.