It’s not every season that the most competitive college football programs are also recognized for having some of the best academic programs in the country. But this season, scholars and sports fans can root...
Kennesaw State University is among a select group of 24 colleges and universities that scored an “A” for its high-quality core curriculum in a nationwide study on the state of general education released this...
A new report released Tuesday criticizes New England colleges for being lax on core requirements like history and foreign languages. The American Council of Trustees and Alumni’s latest survey calls out Northeastern colleges for...
How can we improve “civics literacy” in America? There are “loud” crises, such as wars and economic recessions, and there are “quiet” ones, such as declines in voting rates. For several decades, what Supreme...
It happens every semester. I’m sitting at home, tempted to jump head first out the window as I grade papers from my college freshmen writing course. One student has cited a Facebook meme as evidence to...
James Madison and the Founding Fathers believed an informed citizenry was the chief protection of the republican government they had created. Madison stated, “Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to...
As Democratic Chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Emergency Preparedness Committee, it is often disappointing to hear from teachers and professors that our younger generation lacks basic civic knowledge and the understanding of how this great country...
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