Alexander W. Astin has something to say — a lot to say, really — about smartness. He knows some people won’t want to hear it, especially if they happen to teach college students for a living.
Mr. Astin, a professor emeritus at the University of California at Los Angeles, believes that too many faculty members "have come to value merely being smart more than developing smartness." That line comes from his new book, Are You Smart Enough? How Colleges’ Obsession With Smartness Shortchanges Students.
Image: Courtesy of Alexander Astin - Alexander Astin of UCLA: "When the entire system of higher education gives favored status to the smartest students, even average students are denied equal opportunities.”
