Some are calling for a new push for civics instruction in college [Video]

On the first day of his American National Government class, Prof. Kevin Dopf asks how many of his students are United States citizens. Every hand shoots up.”So, how did all you people become citizens?” he asks. “Did you pass a test?””No,” one young woman says tentatively. “We were born here.”It’s a good thing. Based on his years of making his students at the University of South Carolina Beaufort take the test given to immigrants seeking U.S. citizenship, most would be rejected.”Thirty, 35% of the students will pass it,” says Dopf, a retired Army lieutenant colonel and former West Point instructor. “The rest of them are clueless. I mean, they’re just clueless.”Most states require some sort of high school civics instruction. But with a recent survey showing that a third of American adults can’t name the three branches of the federal government, many think we should be aiming higher.Over the past …