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For the last few decades, there's been a lot of focus in the United States on getting more students to go to college, and in recent years there's been an increasing focus on getting students to finish college. But until recently, very little attention has been paid to how much students are actually learning in college. 

 producer Emily Hanford is currently working on a new documentary called "Don't Lecture Me," which examines whether traditional methods of teaching in higher education still relevant. 

A new book on this subject has gotten a lot of buzz in the past year. It's called 

 and its authors argue that today's college students are not being challenged academically, and that they're not graduating with the skills necessary to make them civically engaged adults.

Emily Hanford had the chance to interview one of the book's authors, 

 recently at a conference and this week's podcast features excerpts of that conversation.

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For the last few decades, there's been a lot of focus in the United States on getting more students to go to college, and in recent years there's been an increasing focus on getting students to finish college. But until recently, very little attention has been paid to how much students are actually learning in college.

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