Is "Student Quality" the Only Determinant of the Quality of a College Education?
In Atlantic Monthly's November 2005 issue, Richard H. Hersh, former president of Trinity College and author of "Declining by Degrees" points to research showing "that simply going to college, any college, makes a major difference in a young person's psychological development: students come away with improved cognitive skills, greater verbal and quantitative competence, and different political, social, and religious attitudes and values. But although the researchers found wide variations in learning within each college or university, they were unable to uncover significant differences between colleges once the quality of the entering students was taken into account."
For more information, read Hersh's article at: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200511/measuring-college-quality.
Richard H. Hersh is a former president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges and Trinity College; a co-director of the Collegiate Learning Assessment Project; and co-editor of Declining by Degrees: Higher Education at Risk.
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