Email, Don Willett, justice, Texas Supreme Court, Jan. 17, 2017

On Jan 17, 2017, at 5:06 PM, Selby, Gardner (CMG-Austin) wrote:

Justice Willett:

Good afternoon. For a fact check, I write seeking your factual backup for this claim that you offered at the recent TPPF event: “The overwhelming majority of America’s elite universities, they no longer require history majors to take a single course in American history.”

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W. Gardner Selby

Reporter / News

Austin American-Statesman

PolitiFact Texas

9:40 p.m.

Hi, Gardner. Here are a few sources. Let me know if you need others.

http://fortune.com/2016/06/30/american-history-college-requirement/

https://www.goacta.org/publications/no_u.s._history

https://www.google.com/amp/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/few-top-schools-require-history-majors-to-broadly-study-u-s-s-past-1467238493?client=safari

https://www.google.com/amp/s/bc.marfeel.com/amp/www.nationalreview.com/article/443421/george-washington-university-us-history-no-longer-required-history-majors?client=safari

Gotta avoid that dreaded Robe on Fire rating.

DRW