Academically Adrift? Communication Students' Critical Thinking and Writing Scores, and CU-Boulder's Restructuring.

The author offers opinions on U.S. higher eduction. The book "Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses," by Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa, is said to illustrate the lack of instruction in critical thinking and written communication essential for the study and teaching of communication and journalism. The University of Colorado at Boulder Board of Regents is strongly criticized for its April, 2011 decision to close the university's school of journalism, and it is argued that the regents offered no clear rationale for their decision.