Do colleges cultivate critical thinking, problem solving, writing and interpersonal skills?

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1516-1526

  Saavedra, Anna Rosefsky ^a   Saavedra, Juan Esteban ^b  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Human capital; Input output analysis

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 80054854006     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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