As a job candidate, you're likely to encounter interview questions designed to assess your critical thinking skills. Employers highly value these skills because they demonstrate your ability to ...

Are you tackling a new and difficult problem at work? Recently promoted and trying to both understand your new role and bring a fresh perspective? Or are you new to the workforce and seeking ways to ...

Conspiracy theories. Inability to distinguish facts from falsehoods. Widespread confusion about who and what to believe. These are some of the hallmarks of the current crisis in critical ...

Critical thinking is clear thinking that's based on reason, rather than on emotion. Running a small business can be a deeply personal endeavor, a way to channel a passion or to live out a dream. But ...

Conversations between parents and children revolve around homework, food, and routines. But every now and then, there’s magic in asking questions that don’t have one “right” answer—questions that ...

Jeffrey Wagner is a Professor of Economics in the College of Liberal Arts. This month, he shares with us his engaging take on fostering critical thinking in students, using it to organize our thoughts ...