History quiz stumps collegiate crowd
Published: Wed, Sep. 19, 2007 12:00AM
Modified Wed, Sep. 19, 2007 05:21AM
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closeStudents at three North Carolina universities don't know their U.S. history very well, according to the results of a national civic literacy test.
The 60-question test on U.S. history, government, economy and international relations stumped 14,000 freshmen and seniors who took it last fall at 50 universities. On average, they answered 53 percent of the questions correctly.
Duke University freshmen came in ninth at 63. UNC-Chapel Hill came in 19th with an average score of 58. Pfeiffer University came in 40th at 44 percent.
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Harvard was No. 1 with an average grade of 70 percent, and Grove City College in Pennsylvania was second with a 68 percent average.
The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Connecticut's Department of Public Policy. The 50 schools were chosen to be representative of four-year institutions nationwide.
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