Publisher's Synopsis
In 2010, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni's (ACTA) groundbreaking analysis of college curricula, What Will They Learn?, drew attention from to the fact that too many American colleges have dumbed down their requirements. The 2011 version of the report and its companion website, www.whatwilltheylearn.com, are based on a completely fresh evaluation of over 800 college and university catalogs from across the country and details whether each requires literature, U.S. government or history, foreign language, mathematics, economics, science, and composition. ACTA assigns each school a letter grade, and notes explain the grades assigned and noteworthy programs within schools. Developed in response to the inadequacy of existing college rankings and guides, What Will They Learn? is the only resource that reviews college curricula comprehensively to answer the first question that parents, guidance counselors, and trustees should ask about high school graduates going to school: what will they learn?
