Students at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, talk about registering their peers to vote last month with Allison Russo, left, a candidate for Ohio secretary of state in the Nov. 3 election. Ohio is one of more than a dozen states to require a civics class for undergraduates.
Students entering Ohio's public universities this fall are the first four-year cohort expected to graduate under the state's new American civic literacy requirement. Beginning with the spring 2030 graduating class, students must complete an approved three credit course built around the Constitution and other foundational texts, with limited exemptions for equivalent coursework. Ohio is not alone. More than a dozen states now have some form of undergraduate civics course requirement, and Iowa recently enacted a two-course requirement for undergraduates entering four-year programs at its three public universities beginning in 2028. As more states adopt these requirements, faculty and lawmakers need workable models for putting them into practice.
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Students at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, talk about registering their peers to vote last month with Allison Russo, left, a candidate for Ohio secretary of state in the Nov. 3 election. Ohio is one of more than a dozen states to require a civics class for undergraduates.
