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Don’t Know Much About History
Pete DuPont is shocked–shocked!–that American college students have a poor knowledge of American history.
Among college seniors, less than half–47.9%–correctly concluded that “We hold these truths to be self evident, that …
Trackback by Outside The Beltway | OTB — Thursday, September 28, 2024 @ 11:45 am
Yeah, you’re dead on here: first, this is really trivia, not a reflection of historical knowledge. Second, I assume that the sampling was well done, and thus one would expect that liberal arts colleges would have students more versed in these topics than mega-versities whose samples would include more science majors.
Much ado about nothing, to coin a phrase.
Comment by Professor Chaos — Thursday, September 28, 2024 @ 6:42 pm