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But college has never been about just learning to think.

I would go further and say that that is the trouble with a lot liberal arts programs - they end up brainwashing feeble minded people that have no place being at college in the first place.

Someone ought to already know how to think before even applying to college let alone attending one.

IMO education is about enhancing the mental tool kit, no more. Exposure to new ideas, methods and perspectives is what it is about. But the thinking part should already be there.

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It is just case of enabling a person to draw their own conclusions in a rational manner - not about reciting the latest politically correct (read insecure and hypochondriacal) dogma which is basically all liberal arts programs appear to be these days
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