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In ACTA’s 10th annual What Will They Learn? report, we found that only 17% of colleges and universities require their students to take a course in U.S. Government or History. The consequences are alarming: Many students and adult citizens cannot answer basic questions on American government. In our 2015 survey, over 10% of college graduates thought that Judith Sheindlin—”Judge Judy”—was a U.S. Supreme Court justice.
On April 2, Nick Down, ACTA’s Associate Director of External Affairs, offered proponent testimony before the North Carolina House Higher Education Committee on H. 7. This legislation would require all students attending public colleges and universities within the state to take a three-credit hour course in American history prior to graduation. Read the full testimony […]
In this episode, ACTA Vice President of Policy Bradley Jackson talks with Jane Calvert, director of the John Dickinson Writings Project and a member of ACTA’s National Commission on American History and Civic Education.
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