March 5, 2018

Article: The Oscars, Oppression, and Our Mal-educated Citizenry

Keli Carender

The Oscars are yet another example of how American civics education has been corrupted.

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January 5, 2018

Article: On Rubrics and Broken Windows

Bruce Brasington

Bruce Brasington discusses the effects of the AP European History examination.

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December 5, 2017

Article: College Board Improves European History Course--But Not Enough: Churchill In, Columbus Still Out

National Association of Scholars

PRESS RELEASE: NAS assesses the College Board's response to our critique of their Advanced Placement European History Examination.

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November 19, 2017

MTC: History: A Troubled Field Likely to Get Worse

Mark Bauerlein

Here’s a sign of the times: the head of the American Historical Association says departments should integrate communication, collaboration, and three other "basic skills" into their programs. In other......

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October 20, 2017

Article: David Horowitz: Battlefield Notes from a War Gone Unnoticed

Peter Wood

Peter Wood reviews David Horowitz's new book, "The Left in the University."

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October 16, 2017

Article: Civics Education Must Be Liberal Education

Ian Lindquist

Ian Lindquist writes on the flaws of civics education, and on how it can be improved.

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August 15, 2017

Academic Questions: Doing More with Less

Richard Vedder

In the Fall 2017 Academic Questions (vol. 30 no. 3), Richard Vedder describes the harms done to higher education by federal involvement and offers some solutions going forward.

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June 6, 2017

Academic Questions: Forum: Citizenship versus the "New Civics"

Nicholas Capaldi, KC Johnson, Allen Mendenhall, Michael I. Krauss, Harry C. Boyte and William Voegeli

A forum on civics education responding to the NAS report Making Citizens: How American Universities Teach Civics.

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