Cet-6-1.19-Exercise 02Across the board, American colleges and universities are not doing a very good job of preparing their students for the workplace or their post-graduation lives. This was made clear by the work of two sociologists, Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa. In 2011 they released a landmark study titled “Academically Adrift,” which documented the lack of intellectual growth experienced by many people enrolled in college. In particular, Arum and Roksa found, college students were not developing the critical thinking, analytic reasoning and other higher-level skills that are necessary to thrive in today’s knowledge-based economy and to lead our nation in a time of complex challenges and dynamic change. What is Arum and Roksa’s finding about higher education in America?

A. It has experienced dramatic changes in recent years.
B. It is a simple solution to a tangled problem.
C. It helps fill the executive board with talents.
D. It fails to prepare students to face the challenges of modern times.