Interesting article.
I had heard that during a recent college survey, the local Rhodes College was rated the best in the nation. I wasn't sure if I heard it right, but here is an article related to this topic and that survey.
http://www.popecenter.org/features/
Quoting:
Rhodes College, a private, liberal arts college in Memphis, Tenn., was ranked as the top school in the survey. Its seniors gained in knowledge at a rate of 11.6 percent. Other schools finishing among the top five in the survey were Colorado State (10.9 percent increase), Calvin College (9.5 percent), Grove City College (9.4 percent), and the University of Colorado-Boulder (8.9 percent).
As for Duke, its students had a decrease in knowledge, according to the study. Seniors’ scores at Duke were 2.3 percent lower than scores of freshmen. Duke was ranked 46th among the 50 schools, ahead of only Brown University, Cornell University, the University of California-Berkley, and The John Hopkins University.
“Students who demonstrated greater learning of America’s history and institutions, were more engaged in citizenship activities such as voting, volunteer community service, and political campaigns,†the study says.
Can you believe that?!! A prestigious Ivy-league school finishes 47th behind a small liberal arts college in Memphis for teaching history. Harvard was ranked 25th. Of course this is general history and not specific to military history. And as the article states: "Their students may have scored higher on the tests than students at other schools but the survey shows that colleges didn’t add much, if at all, to their civic education."
Steve