Arizona’s public universities are sidestepping state civics requirements, substituting ideologically driven coursework for mandatory instruction in American history, government and economics, according to a new report.
The report by the Goldwater Institute reveals all three of Arizona’s public universities – Arizona State University (ASU), Northern Arizona University (NAU) and the University of Arizona (UA) – are failing to comply with the Arizona Board of Regents’ American Institutions (AMIT) mandate.
AMIT requires students to receive a rigorous education in the nation’s founding principles, constitutional structure and basic economics.
Instead, Goldwater says, the state universities are offering courses to students on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and classes hostile to the U.S. under the guise of “civics.”
