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Report: First two years of college show small gains

Nearly half of the nation’s undergraduates show
almost no gains in learning in their first two years
of college, in large part because colleges don’t make
academics a priority, a new report shows.

Instructors tend to be more focused on their own
faculty research than teaching younger students,
who in turn are more tuned in to their social lives,
according to the report, based on a book titled
Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College
Campuses. Findings are based on transcripts and
surveys of more than 3,000 full-time traditional-age
students on 29 campuses nationwide, along with
their results on the Collegiate Learning Assessment,
a standardized test that gauges students’ critical
thinking, analytic reasoning and writing skills.

After two years in college, 45% of students showed
no significant gains in learning; after four years,
36% showed little change.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2011-01-18-littlelearning18_ST_N.htm

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