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Make your gift countThe American Spectator | July 18, 2023 by Richard K. Vedder
When one thinks of states that are blazing the way with innovative public policy solutions, conservatives and libertarians think of places…
The American Spectator | July 18, 2023 by Richard K. Vedder
When one thinks of states that are blazing the way with innovative public policy solutions, conservatives and libertarians think of places…
University Innovation in the Buckeye State?CNN Business | July 18, 2023 by Nicole Goodkind
The average American saved $5,011 last year. That means it would take them about 75 years to save up enough…
July 14, 2023 by ACTA
Benno Schmidt, an extraordinary educator and an extraordinary friend to ACTA, has died. We deeply mourn his loss. There…
ACTA’s report, “No U.S. History? How College History Departments Leave the United States out of the Major,” found that 18 of the top 25 public universities did not have a wide-ranging American history requirement for students seeking a B.A. in history in the major or core curriculum.
Download PDFazcentral | July 12, 2023 by Steven McGuire and Karrin Taylor Robson
Arizona’s public universities must stop requiring applicants for faculty positions to demonstrate compliance with institutionally prescribed orthodoxies…
When Arizona universities force diversity and inclusion, they get neitherJuly 10, 2023 by Alex Wolf
Can state education funding support student instruction at religious schools? The First Amendment’s two Religion Clauses require both that…
July 6, 2023
The Alumni Free Speech Alliance (AFSA) brings together alumni groups that have a focus on supporting free speech, academic…
ACTA now provides a blueprint to help higher education regain and live by this core principle. The ACTA Gold Standard for Freedom of Expression™ provides clear guidance for institutions to create a culture of free thought on their campuses.
Download PDFThe American Spectator | July 18, 2023 by Richard K. Vedder
When one thinks of states that are blazing the way with innovative public policy solutions, conservatives and libertarians think of places…
University Innovation in the Buckeye State?CNN Business | July 18, 2023 by Nicole Goodkind
The average American saved $5,011 last year. That means it would take them about 75 years to save up enough…
azcentral | July 12, 2023 by Steven McGuire and Karrin Taylor Robson
Arizona’s public universities must stop requiring applicants for faculty positions to demonstrate compliance with institutionally prescribed orthodoxies…
Governance for a New Era is a blueprint for higher education governance. Signatories to the statement, a diverse group of 22 distinguished national leaders dedicated to ensuring America’s colleges and universities shed 20th century thinking and successfully meet 21st century challenges.
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DARE TO BE WISE: Enlightenment and the American College Campus
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Penn State University tied for 48th place in best national universities, slipping from 37th place last year, according to US News & World Report’s rankings of 1,365 schools. In the new 2014 rankings, Penn State also ranked ranked 14th among public schools, …
Forbes | May 14, 2020 by Michael Poliakoff
Hardin-Simmons University (HSU) was founded in 1891 in Abilene, Texas with the mission “To bring young men and women to Christ; to teach them of Christ; to train them for Christ” and has remained a pillar of the Baptist community in West Texas ever since. But as the school began to experience the…
Forbes | December 2, 2021 by Michael B. Poliakoff
The word deplorable understates the status of civic education at American colleges and universities. But there are new initiatives to address it, some led by trustees, some by legislatures. Such changes are not without controversy, but if an informed electorate matters—and it does—then these prog…
Forbes | January 21, 2020 by Michael Poliakoff
Could Albert Einstein get a job today at the University of California–Berkeley? Or Enrico Fermi, or Robert Oppenheimer, or John von Neumann? With the University of California’s (UC) experiments in diversity screening underway, the answer is that their job applications could stall before a faculty…
institutions have been counseled by ACTA on matters of cost effectiveness, financial governance, and institutional spending. See ACTA’s one-of-a-kind higher education financial analysis tool: HowCollegesSpendMoney.com.
institutions representing over three million students, encouraged by ACTA, reaffirmed their commitment to free speech on campus by adopting the Chicago Principles on Freedom of Expression.
institutions have improved their core curriculum requirements based on ACTA’s annual What Will They Learn?® initiative. Visit WhatWillTheyLearn.com
students from 100+ Institutions have engaged in civil discourse debates through ACTA’s college debates program partnership with Braver Angels and Bridge USA.
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