ACTA vice president of policy, Michael Poliakoff addresses Bluefield College class of 2017 at convocation with “An Education for Career and Community” on August 29.
ACTA president Anne D. Neal delivers the 2014 commencement address, “Liberty and Learning,” at Colorado Christian University on May 10. She highlights how essential the Founders believed education was to maintaining our republic.
Thomas M. Rollins, founder of The Teaching Company, speaks eloquently on the importance of the liberal arts and sciences, which he remarked are about everything. He delivered these remarks upon accepting the 2012 Philip Merrill Award for Outstanding Contributions to Liberal Arts Education, with tributes from Professor William Cook, State University of New York-Geneseo; Professor Daniel […]
For way too many college students, their diploma could be a “ticket to nowhere.” At Vanderbilt University, a course called “Country Music” can serve as the only collegiate history course a student takes. At Vassar College, a class that studies Sex and the City, The Devil Wears Prada, and Gossip Girls can count as a […]
“It cannot be assumed that students at any age will always select the subjects that constitute education. … In any field the permanent studies on which the whole development of the subject rests must be mastered if the student is to be educated.” — Robert Maynard Hutchins, former University of Chicago president and chancellor I cite that statement, […]
Virginia has played a pivotal role throughout American history. Permanent English settlement began here. Virginia is the birthplace of eight U.S. presidents. On our soil the nation struggled for its independence and to end the curse of slavery. Despite our history, only two Virginia public universities — Christopher Newport and James Madison — require students […]
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