Increased demand for accountability and management in higher education challenges the "unquantifiable" outcomes of liberal education. Proponents should not assert that the liberal arts are unmeasurable, but should take the opportunity to defend them as a different kind of learning and promote their contribution to individual and societal growth.…

Among the requirements of an intellectual skills training program are: (1) a culturally relevant theoretical basis; (2) training in information processing skills; (3) program responsiveness to students' needs and sensitivity to individual differences; (4) establishment of linkages between the training program and the real world; and (5) empirical…