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In higher education, the value of a liberal arts education has been frequently debated. Defenders on the left argue that it exposes students to coursework and teaches critical thinking skills they would otherwise miss.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2019 @ 9:50 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory said learning about art is critical to developing the critical thinking skills that will help students compete in the marketplace as well as enhancing their next visit to a museum or gallery.
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2015 @ 11:54 am
By: McCrory Communications
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With so many more Americans going to college than in the past, you would think that anti-intellectualism would be a distant, rapidly fading memory.
Published: Tuesday, July 14th, 2015 @ 6:39 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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General education is not given the respect and attention it deserves in the great majority of US colleges and universities, North Carolina State University included. Largely because of campus politics, political correctness, and pandering to students, at most colleges it has become an academic...
Published: Friday, October 17th, 2014 @ 12:34 am
By: John William Pope Center
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"Today an employer at a minimum wants [graduates with] job-related skills or training, plus critical thinking and communication abilities," wrote Champion Mitchell, a member of the University of North Carolina system's Board of Governors, in a recent Pope Center featured. Mitchell, a former...
Published: Monday, December 16th, 2013 @ 3:59 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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During my inaugural address, I mentioned that there are two primary functions of education. As my dad used to say, the first is to exercise your brain and gain critical thinking to help with all aspects of life.
Published: Sunday, February 3rd, 2013 @ 12:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Critical thinking is not one of the finer points of being a County Commissioner. Take the blue goose also known by the Economic Development Council as Quick Start II.
Published: Wednesday, April 4th, 2012 @ 7:16 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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