The following is a transcript of the speech opening the Western Civilization Summit on June 8, 2015, at the Texas Public Policy Foundation Headquarters.
Higher Education
UT-Austin Puts the “Core” Back in Core Curriculum
For decades, the American university has been drifting away from its most important purpose: giving students a common education in the knowledge and principles they need to become educated citizens. The core curriculum was supposed to provide that common ground. Instead, it became a collection of distribution requirements—a little History here, a little PoliSci there,...
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