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Defend America on Monday, February 08, 2010 3:49:12 PM
College Makes Students More Liberal, but Not Smarter About Civics, Study Finds
By Jill Laster
While
many graduates of American colleges cannot answer basic civics
questions, a higher education does make their opinions more liberal on
controversial social issues, according to a new report issued on Friday
by an academic think tank.
The Intercollegiate Studies Institute, an independent group with a
tradition-minded view of issues, asked about 2,500 randomly selected
people more than 100 questions to gauge their civic knowledge, public
philosophy, civic behavior, and demographics.
"The Shaping of the American Mind," the fourth report from the institute on civic literacy, will be formally released on Wednesday.
http://chronicle.com/article/College-Makes-Students-More/64040/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en