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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Only 25 percent of American students passed their
geography test
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:29:56 -0400
From: Joel Kovarsky <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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It is understandable that there are various points of view on the status
of geographical education:
<http://geography.uoregon.edu/murphy/articles/murphy_jghe_manuscript%20with%20figures.pdf>.
From: Murphy, Alexander B. "Geography's Place in Higher Education in the
United States." Journal of Geography in Higher Education 31 (2007): 121-41.
Joel Kovarsky
On 7/21/2011 9:04 AM, Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library,
UW Milwaukee wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Only 25 percent of American students passed their geography test
> Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:04:07 +0000
> From: Julie Lancelle <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Angie Cope <[log in to unmask]>
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> http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/only-25-percent-american-students-passed-geography-test-160214355.html
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> The sample questions are very cultural in nature, but at least it’s not
> the old, “What’s the capital of South Carolina?”
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> *Julie Lancelle*
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