What does holding a BA or knowing what Sputnik was have to do with opinions about homeschooling? We're not sure either. In December, 2009, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) released The Shaping of the American Mind: The Diverging Influences of the College Degree & Civic Learning on American Beliefs. The objective is to identify relationships that holding a college degree and having "civic knowledge" have with respondents' opinions on 39 "propositions," including one on homeschooling. We'd like to ask ISI's resident econometrician why he didn't explore the interaction effect (how civic knowledge and a college degree might actually work together). Maybe pitting the two against each other makes for more sensational news.
Concluding Food For Thought: The ISI survey only measures how well the respondent remembers key facts about government, history, and economics. It doesn't measure how well someone might understand American principles and values. Or does it?
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