Gov. Spencer Cox on Monday signed a law that will establish the Center for Civic Excellence at Utah State University, calling it one of the “most important bills of the 2025 legislative session.”
The law essentially requires “every student at Utah State University to take a full year-and-a-half course in Western civilization and an additional one-semester course in American civics,” according to Stanley Kurtz, a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, who helped formulate the model legislation behind the bill.
Cox said in a statement Monday that “I’m thrilled Utah State University is taking the lead to pilot a redesign of general education through the new center for civics excellence.”
“This center will be tasked with building out a general education curriculum focused on viewpoint diversity, civil discourse and helping our students develop the analytical skills necessary to contribute in the public square. This curriculum will be a model for all our public institutions in Utah and nationally.”
The center is expected to develop a core curriculum on western and world civilizations, economics, science, and U.S. history, government and literature, as The College Fix previously reported. […]
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