NOT ANTI-AMERICAN; JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE: “The Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) released its fourth civic literacy report ... demonstrating empirically the failures of colleges and universities to effectively teach their graduates the fundamentals of American history, government, foreign affairs, and economics.”

These two items stood out to me.

Barely half of college graduates can identify the three branches of government, the Declaration of Independence and Gettysburg Address, events from the Revolutionary and Civil wars; and features of our free enterprise system.

Hell, I could not have graduated from high school without knowing that much, and neither can an immigrant become an American citizen.

At our most elite schools ... Yale, Princeton, Duke, Georgetown ... , not only did those surveyed fail to get above a “D,” seniors did worse than freshmen!

And these are the schools our government draws on for leadership. Is it any surprise that our own government is hostile to American values?

Conventional wisdom has long been that “with more college comes more knowledge.” Frankly I doubt that’s ever been true, and the ISI data certainly validates that doubt in at least knowledge of American ideals, culture, and public policy.

Our colleges and universities aren’t anti-American, they’re just on the other side.

The ISI survey can be found here.