Opinion: How California is dumbing down our democracy
By Max Boot Max Boot Columnist covering national security Email Bio Follow Columnist April 17 at 1:53 PM Only 36 percent of Americans could pass a multiple-choice civics test of the kind that is administered to immigrants seeking to become citizens. Sixty percent don’t know which countries the United States fought in World War II. Fifty-seven percent don’t know how many justices serve on the Supreme Court. Only 24 percent know what Benjamin Franklin was famous for.
So it is a matter of national concern that the California State University system is on the verge of further diluting its already inadequate history and government requirements. CSU may not have as much prestige as the better-known University of California system, but it has about twice as many students. The largest four-year university system in the nation, CSU enrolls about 484,300 students, with 23 campuses and eight off-campus centers.
Even greater changes are afoot as a result of a General Education Task Force appointed by the CSU Faculty Senate — a task force that included faculty members, administrators and students but no practicing historians.
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