Sadly, unsurprisingly, “The University of Pennsylvania’s ‘America 250’ courses celebrating the country’s semiquincentennial have little to do with America, conservative analysts say,” according to a report from Campus Reform.

The Penn Libraries website lists 15 courses with America 250 themes.

The catch, as the report notes, is that  “few of those courses address foundational themes in American history.”

“For example, none mention the Bill of Rights. Key American founding figures, including George Washington, James Madison, and John Adams, are excluded. Alexander Hamilton, Ben Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson are each mentioned only once.”

For most Americans familiar with the far-left bent and indoctrination at many universities, it is outrageous.

In an email to Campus Reform, Veronica Bryant, an academic affairs fellow with the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, said that “only a small minority of the fifteen recommended courses offer a broad scope of American history or institutions.”

“Almost all these courses barely mention the founding documents of this nation, with none focused on the Constitution or Declaration of Independence,” she added.

Sadly, this likely reflects ambivalence and sometimes outright hostility towards America’s founding by the University.

“By contrast, five courses focus on slavery and two on immigration. Some of the courses, such as ‘Revolutions in Three Kingdoms: England, Ireland, Scotland and ‘Global Human Rights and US Immigration: Implications for Policy and Practice, barely mention the United States at all.”

“I expect universities to stretch the claim that their courses are related to the 250th anniversary of America,” Director of Research for the National Association of Scholars, David Randall,  told Campus Reform.

“What this list reveals is how few professors they have who are remotely qualified to teach such a course.”

As mentioned, it’s likely a combination of the lack of qualifications and a lack of respect for this nation and its founding.

These experts make the case that this stems from a lack of knowledge and, while it’s definitely true, there is an anti-American hostility from the Cultural Marxist Left, which is synonymous with academia in America.

Veronica Bryant argues that every university should be required to teach the American story in a semester-long course.

The experts argue that “such courses are necessary for students to become informed participants in civic life.”

While this is certainly true, they must be taught by professors who don’t have an axe to grind with America, a tall order in today’s academic environment.

We shall see if any of these suggestions are implemented.

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