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According to the "Academically Adrift" study, humanities and social science majors show the second highest gains in critical thinking skills, behind only science/math, above engineering and computer science.
To the extent that students are showing limited and declining learning, it largely reflexs a switch to business and education majors (business shows the least learning ,with education right behind), not a weakening of humanities majors.
Is this a reflection of the influence of course participation or of reasoning capability prior to entry?