Article about Habits of Mind: Lessons for the Long Term

http://chronicle.com/article/Habits-of-Mind-Lessons-for/134868/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

A different sort of approach, quietly gaining steam, takes a longer—and less measurable—view.

In this approach, the real value of a college education is how it affects the way students think and act, ideally for years after they graduate. Shape your students’ underlying attitudes and intellectual characteristics, the theory goes, and a lifetime of deep and lasting learning will follow.