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根据下面资料，回答题 "The Heart of the Matter," the just-released report by the American Academyof Arts and Sciences (AAAS), deserves praise for affirming the importance of thehumanities and social sciences to the prosperity and security of liberal democracyin America. Regrettably, however, the report's failure to address the true nature ofthe crisis facing liberal education may cause more harm than good.
In 2010, leading congressional Democrats and Republicans sent letters to theAAAS asking that it identify actions that could be taken by "federal, state and localgovernments, universities, foundations, educators, individual benefactors and others"to "maintain national excellence in humanities and social scientific scholarshipand education." In response, the American Academy formed the Commission onthe Humanities and Social Sciences. Among the commission's 51 members are
top-tier-university presidents, scholars, lawyers, judges, and business executives,as well as prominent figures from diplomacy, filmmaking, music and journalism.
The goals identified in the report are generally admirable. Becauserepresentative government presupposes an informed citizenry, the report supportsfull literacy; stresses the study of history and government, particularly Americanhistory and American government; and encourages the use of new digitaltechnologies. To encourage innovation and competition, the report calls forincreased investment in research, the crafting of coherent curricula that improvestudents' ability to solve problems and communicate effectively in the 21stcentury, increased funding for teachers and the encouragement of scholars to bringtheir learning to bear on the great challenges of the day. The report also advocatesgreater study of foreign languages, international affairs and the expansion of studyabroad programs.
Unfortunately, despite 21/2 years in the making, "The Heart of the Matter"never gets to the heart of the matter: the illiberal nature of liberal education at ourleading colleges and universities. The commission ignores that for several decadesAmerica's colleges and universities have produced graduates who don't know thecontent and character of liberal education and are thus deprived of its benefits.
Sadly, the spirit of inquiry once at home on campus has been replaced by the useof the humanities and social sciences as vehicles for publicizing "progressive," orleft-liberal propaganda.
Today, professors routinely treat the progressive interpretation of history andprogressive public policy as the proper subject of study while portraying conservativeor classical liberal ideas - such as free markets and self-reliance - as fallingoutside the boundaries of routine, and sometimes legitimate, intellectual investigation.
The AAAS displays great enthusiasm for liberal education. Yet its report maywell set back reform by obscuring the depth and breadth of the challenge thatCongress asked it to illuminate.
According to Paragraph 1, what is the author's attitude toward the AAAS's report? A．Critical.
A．Critical.
B．Appreciative.
B．Appreciative.
C．Contemptuous.
C．Contemptuous.
D．Tolerant.
D．Tolerant.
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