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New Data: Students Ready to Learn, but Colleges Fail to Require Essential Classes
While general knowledge remains poor, ACTA’s arts and sciences survey shows that students have a strong appetite for learning.
On November 17, 2010, ACTA sent a letter to the chairman of the board of trustees at the University of Arkansas requesting additional information on why the institution is making major cuts to the curriculum of the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences. We wrote, “Under requirements that stood until recently, a student needed to complete 66 credit hours of core and distributional classes to graduate from the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences. These classes ensured that he or she had a sound foundation of knowledge in the disciplines and areas essential for an educated citizen. According to our extensive research, the Fulbright College core curriculum surpassed that of virtually all other colleges in the country; that curriculum placed the University of Arkansas in a league with the United States Military and Air Force Academies, as well as Texas A&M and the University of Texas–Austin. This ranking should have been a point of real pride.”
While general knowledge remains poor, ACTA’s arts and sciences survey shows that students have a strong appetite for learning.
ACTA President Michael Poliakoff testified before the Ohio Senate Committee on Higher Education in support of Senate Bill 1, the “Advance Ohio Higher Education Act.”
Today, ACTA President Michael Poliakoff presented testimony in support of Ohio Senate Bill 1, the Enact Advance Higher Education Act. If passed, SB 1 includes sweeping reforms that would roll back DEI, require all students to take a 3-credit hour course in American history or U.S. government, mandate annual training for new and existing governing […]
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