Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses

By Richard Arum, Josipa Roksa. 2011

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Assessing critical thinking in higher education: the HEIghten™ approach and preliminary validity evidence (2016, result): “The test also detected a performance difference (0.30 SDs) between freshmen and seniors, which is aligned with what is reported in prior literature (Klein et al. 2009; Arum and Roksa 2011).”
The link between high-impact practices and student learning: some longitudinal evidence (2015, background): “In recent years, various sources have expressed widespread concern surrounding whether undergraduate students are learning enough in college and whether institutions of higher education are teaching foundational skills effectively (Arum and Roksa 2011).”
Defining and Measuring Academic Success. (2015, background): “This study is an attempt to replicate the Arum & Roksa (2011) study for validation based upon student learning in the area of critical thinking.”