What do college students learn, anyway?

While there are a lot of tests to get into college, there are no exit exams to get out. Despite the soaring price of tuition and the benefits a degree offers, researchers have found that undergrads often spend little time studying compared to other activities like working, socializing or partying. As a result, many show limited gains in critical thinking - the hallmark of American higher education.
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Critical thinking is an attitude and the skills to approach it. It starts with parents with their kids when they are young and nurtured by parents and teachers through K-12. When our son was in uni, only one-third made it through engineering physics and I've heard that's normal. Colleges have weeders which get rid of a lot of students. Son's professor told the class that he didn't want any of them designing roads and bridges that he'd be driving on if they couldn't pass first-year physics. I imagine employers have a tough time interviewing new grads because they don't know if their courses were rigorous.