Santorum: California universities don’t teach American history

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum sounded off against California higher education in Wisconsin Monday, saying that some of the state’s universities do not teach American history, the Daily Californian reports.

“I was just reading something last night from the state of California. And that the California universities – I think it’s seven or eight of the California system of universities don’t even teach an American history course,” Santorum said. “It’s not even available to be taught.”

But UC spokesperson Brooke Converse told Think Progress, which originally reported the story, that all University of California undergraduate programs require students to study American history and institutions, though the exact requirements vary by campus……Read More

Scott Walker replies to Rick Santorum on college: We need kids in universities and tech schools

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said on Monday that more people should go to college, walking back from comments made by presidential candidate Rick Santorum, who has been critical of the president and his support of higher education, the National Journal reports. At a campaign event on Saturday, Santorum echoed his criticism of President Obama’s initiative to get more people to go to college, calling him a “snob.” He said that one of the president’s motivations was to indoctrinate the students, through liberal professors, to remake them “into his image.”
Although he said that education policy should be made more at the local and state level, Walker stepped back from that criticism with a moderate approach to college education…

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