Article archive / February 1, 2015
Originally published: . Volume 6, No. 2. Source pages: 3.
A report from the Council for Aid to Education said that 40 percent of college students lack the reasoning skills to succeed in white-collar jobs. According to a report in Wall Street Journal, the Council administered a test of reasoning to graduates from 169 universities and colleges in 2013 and 2014.
The measure, called the Collegiate Learning Assessment Plus, is said to assess critical thinking and analytic reasoning, along with writing and communication skills. It does not assess subject area knowledge.
The Council for Aid to Education is a New York nonprofit organization that was previously part of Rand Corporation, said the report.
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