I’ve been researching critical thinking (CT) for almost 20 years now, and, because of that, much about it I take for granted. I’ve defined it, exemplified it, shortened its description, and analogised ...

Filmmaker Ondi Timoner was overseas shooting a documentary when the Eaton Fire destroyed her home of 14 years, and wiped her entire neighborhood away. Not for want of trying – cleaner power has ...

Since the Ronald Reagan era, we have heard arguments that studying liberal arts or the humanities is a waste of time or, at the very least, hardly the most sagacious path for college students to ...

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"Critical thinking, and especially the cultivation of the habit of asking 'why' and requiring plausible justification for policies or actions, is a shield against bias, prejudice, propaganda, ...

A new survey from the American Association of Colleges and Universities and Elon University’s Imagining the Digital Future Center found that an overwhelming majority of college faculty are concerned ...

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The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

There has been a lot of speculation and some preliminary research about whether frequent use of generative AI products such as ChatGPT and Google Gemini might inhibit critical thinking. After reading ...

As we turn the page on 2025—a year of unprecedented focus on AI and its potential to disrupt almost all aspects of life—we thought it would be interesting to summarize the year of Newsweek AI Impact ...

Exams are over and college students are home for the holiday break. Parents are certain to ask what they learned this semester. There’s a better question: Why did you learn this semester? I think this ...