Heading into the election season and with more young people turning out, at least in New Hampshire, should we be worried?
Intercollegiate Studies Institute has learned that America's college students aren't learning more but are unlearning more, especially about American History.
Top 10 Things College Students “Unlearn” about American History
| Theme | Negative Learning |
| 1. Power of judicial review | -10.47 |
| 2. President Washington’s foreign policy | -8.03 |
| 3. | -7.75 |
| 4. The Federalist Papers | -4.70 |
| 5. Settlement of | -2.03 |
| 6. American Revolutionary War | -1.83 |
| 7. War of 1812 | -1.56 |
| 8. Civil War events | -1.54 |
| 9. Thomas Paine and Common Sense | -1.49 |
| 10. Reconstruction | -0.89 |
* Rankings were determined by subtracting average freshman scores from average senior scores.
The average score for college seniors on ISI’s 60 multiple-choice question civic literacy exam was 54.2 percent, or an “F.”
The full results of ISI’s American civic literacy .
Care to take the exam for yourself?
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