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Most U.S. elected officials flunked an American history, economics and civics test compiled by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. That’s not surprising. We just don’t teach that boring, “dead white guy”…
Jon, Richard Brake of ISI discussed this test during a John Locke Foundation Shaftesbury Society presentation. He also shared information with Carolina Journal Radio.
Hat tip: Ed Williams Go take this test of your knowledge of America’s history and institutions. There are sixty multiple-choice questions below. I got 55 out of 60 (91.67 percent)…
This week’s Carolina Journal Online Friday interview features a conversation with Richard Brake of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. Brake discusses the sorry state of civic education in the United States.…
When gas prices increase, I think twice about taking car trips that aren?t absolutely necessary. Joe Coletti says the same principle should apply to my water use. He explains why…
Senator Rick Santorum will be speaking at Duke University on December 5 at 8pm. The speech will be held at Griffith Auditorium, the Bryan Center, on West Campus. The speech…
It was hard not to hum Sam Cooke’s famous musical verse as Richard Brake delivered today’s special Shaftesbury Society lecture for the John Locke Foundation. Brake is director of university…
In fall 2005 the Intercollegiate Studies Institute commissioned UConn?s Public Policy department to give a multiple-choice exam on American civics and history to 14,000 students from 50 different colleges. The…
In today’s Wall Street Journal, Naomi Schaefer Riley suggests that for many students, it is. Read her provocative column here. She picks up on the ISI study finding lamentable weakness…
ISI has money available for those college students interested in free markets, entrepeneurship, and the enhancement of individual freedom and markets. They are sponsoring an essay contest. If you think…
In teaching students about history and civics according to a study released today by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. NCCU ranked No. 13 of 50 schools studied, while UNC-Chapel Hill was…
I’m entitled to my opinion, and that opinion is favorable toward the entry covering “entitlements” in American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia (ISI Books, 2006): To call entitlement programs a safety net…