2010 ATHENA Roundtable
Online registration is now open for our annual ATHENA conference, Nov. 4-5 in Philadelphia.
Events
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Anne Neal to participate on panel at the Hudson Institute on "Decline and Revival in Higher Education."
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ACTA in the News
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Smart Money
July 21, 2010
College Bond Market Hits Rough Patch by AnnaMaria Andriotis
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Washington Examiner
July 15, 2010
College tax credit shouldn't require community service by Anne D. Neal
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New York Daily News
July 4, 2010
On Independence Day: Many don't know of the struggle that made America
Benno Schmidt to Receive
Philip Merrill Award
Benno Schmidt, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the City University of New York (CUNY), will receive the sixth annual Philip Merrill Award for Outstanding Contributions to Liberal Arts Education. The prize is the only one in the nation to honor those who have made an extraordinary contribution to the advancement of liberal arts education, core curricula, and the teaching of Western civilization and American history. For over 30 years, Schmidt has been at the forefront of higher education reform and the advancement of a strong liberal arts education as a scholar, administrator and now trustee. He will accept the Merrill Award at a November 5 gala dinner at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia, during our ATHENA Roundtable.
Educating for Citizenship
While Jay Leno was busy highlighting some of our compatriots’ rather hazy knowledge of America’s independence, ACTA marked the Fourth of July by publicizing just how many of our colleges and universities allow students to graduate without having taken a single broad class in American history or government. On WhatWillTheyLearn.com, less than 1 in 7 have such a requirement. As we argued in a Fourth of July op-ed, our universities have essentially abdicated “the responsibility to educate the next generation of citizens.” ACTA’s findings were cited in newspapers across the country, including the New York Daily News, The Seattle Times, and the Baton Rouge Advocate.
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