Front Page: Alan Charles Kors: Champion of Individual Liberty. Alan Charles Kors is the recipient of ACTA’s 2023 Philip Merrill Award for Outstanding Contributions to Liberal Arts Education. A distinguished scholar of European history,...
Front Page: Edwin Meese Discusses Trusteeship and Informed Citizenship. In December, ACTA’s Michael Poliakoff and Armand Alacbay visited former U.S. attorney general Edwin Meese III for a conversation about the importance of shared governance...
Front Page: The Great Books Speak To Everyone: An Interview with Roosevelt Montás. ACTA interviewed Professor Roosevelt Montás about his new book, Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life, and Why They...
Front Page: John McWhorter Receives 2022 Merrill Award. We are delighted to announce that Professor John H. McWhorter is the recipient of ACTA’s 2022 Philip Merrill Award for Outstanding Contributions to Liberal Arts Education....
Front Page: ACTA Receives a Major Gift from the Diana Davis Spencer Foundation. A generous gift from the Diana Davis Spencer Foundation will vastly increase the American Council of Trustees and Alumni’s ability to...
Front Page: ACTA Celebrates 25 Plus One Years of Higher Education Reform. ACTA thanks the hundreds of friends, supporters, and trustees who attended our 25th Plus One Anniversary Celebration at the Library of Congress...
Front Page: ACTA White Paper—Colleges Must Prioritize Access, Not Excess. In August, ACTA released The Cost of Excess: Why Colleges and Universities Must Control Runaway Spending. This white paper, featuring original research by ACTA’s...
Front Page: Hero of Intellectual Freedom: Jodi Shaw. ACTA is proud to announce our first 2021 Hero of Intellectual Freedom: Jodi Shaw, a former student support coordinator in the Department of Residence Life at...
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