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Media Highlights

April 8, 2010
  • WEB ARTICLE: America Online (AOL) News - Opinion: Colleges Get Failing Grades on Civics
March 1, 2010
  • AUDIO: Rush Limbaugh weighs in on ISI’s new Civic Literacy Report
February 14, 2010
  • VIDEO: Fox News Tucker Carlson - "College Skews Political Spectrum"
February 10, 2010
  • VIDEO: Dr. Richard Brake discusses the recent release of ISI's latest Civic Literacy Report on C-SPAN's Washington Journal

MAJOR FINDINGS

  • While College Fails to Adequately Transmit Civic Knowledge, It Influences Opinion on Polarizing Social Issues
  • Compared to College, Civic Knowledge Exerts a Broader and More Diverse Influence on the American Mind
  • Civic Knowledge Increases a Person’s Regard for America’s Ideals and Free Institutions
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