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Carnes, Mark C. – Change, 2005
This article recounts a real-life conversation relating to beliefs, opinions, and attitudes. It asserts the country's democracy needs intellectual debate, but increasingly lacks the inclination and skills to have it. Like students within their homogeneous peer groups, American citizens increasingly inhabit intellectually gated communities.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Change, Student Attitudes, Thinking Skills