Academically Adrift addresses whether college students learn to think critically and solve problems, while In the Basement laments how ill-prepared students flounder in literature classes.

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It's about the ability to understand our world: to harness and train that human capacity to solve problems and think critically, a set of skills that informs the decisions we make throughout our lives.

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