ACTA in the NewsCivic Literacy
Lies Abound In Higher Education. Now They’ve Lost Our Respect.
So-called “higher” education is supposed to be all about truth, beauty, and progress, achieved through learning and discovery. “Truths”...
Front Page: ACTA Releases No U.S. History? Report. Over the past decade, ACTA has repeatedly called attention to the troubling pattern of historical and civic illiteracy among U.S. college graduates. In surveys commissioned by ACTA, less than 20% of respondents could correctly identify—in a multiple-choice survey—the effect of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Front Page: ACTA Releases No U.S. History? Report. Over the past decade, ACTA has repeatedly called attention to the troubling pattern of historical and civic illiteracy among U.S. college graduates. In surveys commissioned by ACTA, less than 20% of respondents could correctly identify—in a multiple-choice survey—the effect of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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