Texas universities-and American universities generally-falter at civic education. To correct this, Texas should restore the intentions undergirding its 1955 law requiring all public college and university students to complete two American history courses.
Higher Education
Legal Limits: The ABA’s Stranglehold on Legal Education
The American Bar Association (ABA) has long held a stranglehold on accrediting U.S. law schools. In Texas, the ABA gets to decide which schools’ students can take the bar exam, a prerequisite to practicing law. Entrusting a private, out-of-state organization with control over Texas legal education is problematic for three reasons: the ABA pushes politically biased standards,...
July 28, 2025