Citizenship in America is in a troubling state. In 2015, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni conducted a survey of college graduates which found that only 28.4 percent could name James Madison as...
We’ve all seen the staggering figures: nationwide, student debt has surpassed credit card debt. Americans owe more than $1.5 trillion in student loans, and college tuition has increased at twice the rate of inflation....
A recent article in “The Federalist” underscored a disturbing educational trend: Students are increasingly ignorant about U.S. history. The sobering statistics disclosed include: • 24 percent of Americans older than 18 visited a historic...
WEST LAFAYETTE – Faculty members assembled in the Purdue Memorial Union’s North Ballroom for two hours Friday morning seemed willing to concede that Purdue President Mitch Daniels probably has a point about civics and...
The college accreditation system is supposed to uphold academic quality and integrity. Many Americans assume that if a college or university is accredited, that is equivalent to the Underwriter’s Laboratories (UL) seal on appliances...
Debates rage daily over basic U.S. civics and history. It turns out that many of us don’t know what we’re talking about. Despite some people’s absolute certainty in their knowledge, a recent poll of...
Is the study of history becoming, well, history? According to Benjamin Schmidt of Northeastern University, the number of bachelor’s degrees granted in history declined from 34,642 in 2008 to 24,266 in 2017 even as other majors,...
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