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One Student Enrolled at West Virginia University Civics Center Ahead of Fall Opening
The Washington Center for Civics, Culture and Statesmanship has one student signed up before classes begin this fall. Republican lawmakers created the center last year with $3 million in state funding.
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The Washington Center for Civics, Culture and Statesmanship at West Virginia University has one student enrolled ahead of its opening this fall, The Independent reported. Democratic state lawmaker John Williams said he was not happy with the outcome.
“Now we’re in a position where we’ve allocated so much money towards this program, and only one person is taking advantage of it,” Williams told West Virginia Watch.
Republican lawmakers mandated the center in 2025 and allocated $3 million to support it. ” The center’s curriculum includes classes on wokeness, the “new right,” and Western Civilization, according to the WVU website. The center was established while the university dealt with a $45 million budget shortfall that led to the elimination of 28 academic majors and the loss of hundreds of jobs.
Defenders of the center have said enrollment is expected to rise once its classes count toward credit in existing majors. Similar efforts have appeared elsewhere. Iowa lawmakers required students to take classes at the University of Iowa’s Center for Intellectual Freedom despite low enrollment there.
