The Grades Are In: Only 2% of Colleges get an “A”
Julia Shaw /
Across the country, college students are starting classes, but that does not mean they are receiving an education.
The American Council for Trustees and Alumni’s latest report and website What Will They Learn reveals that most colleges and universities are not providing students a well-rounded education. Of the 719 colleges and universities analyzed in this report, only 16 institutions of higher education (that is, 2% of colleges) provide a coherent, content-rich general education or core curriculum. These few “A” rated schools require students to take courses in composition, literature, a foreign language, U.S. government or history, economics, mathematics, and natural or physical science. The course most ignored in core curriculum is the US government/history requirement: only 19% of the 700 require it (compared to science, which 85% of colleges require). (more…)