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Meiklejohn, Alexander; Powell, John Walker, Ed. – 1981
In the early twentieth century, Alexander Meiklejohn believed the undergraduate college must teach students how to think. He aspired to make students into thinking, caring, active citizens with the intellectual skills to participate in a democratic society. In 1927, with the founding of the Experimental College at the University of Wisconsin, he…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Critical Thinking, Educational History, Experimental Colleges
