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March 5, 2010

“The Shaping of the American Mind: The Diverging Influences of the College Degree & Civic Learning on American Beliefs”

From the Intercollegiate Studies Institute: Conventional wisdom holds that there is a strong connection between how much people know and how much college education they receive—the more college, the more knowledge. ISI’s research, however, demonstrates that on most campuses, this seemingly obvious correlation is quite marginal where knowledge of America’s history and institutions is concerned. In 2006 and 2007, ISI administered a sixty-question multiple-choice exam on knowledge of American history,