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| Civic Education
The Forgotten Fundamentals
An Arts and Sciences Assessment of American College Students
July 2, 2025 Download PDF Press ReleaseIn April 2025, ACTA surveyed over 3,000 college and university students on basic fundamentals of arts and sciences. We found that a significant number of college students graduate without even a background knowledge of great American artists and scientists. This survey is the second of a set of three civic surveys that ACTA will release ahead of our nation’s 250th birthday. View the first survey, Losing America’s Memory 2.0, HERE.
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