Setting a Higher Bar for Higher Ed. ACTA is leading the charge to return “higher” to higher education. We are challenging the status quo to restore academic freedom, academic rigor, and real accountability to higher education. And, we are doing so with an ever-widening network of supporters and partners.
Higher education has never been more “front and center”—almost daily we hear about spiraling costs, the lack of academic rigor, and the stifling political correctness on our college campuses. Long before such issues were hot, ACTA was already pointing out these worrisome trends and calling on policymakers and leaders in higher education to pursue reform. […]
ACTA has gone from strength to strength in advancing our mission to ensure that American higher education is the finest in the world. We have led schools, from coast to coast, to strengthen cost-control and accountability, nurture academic excellence, and enhance academic freedom. We have achieved impressive momentum in restoring the promise of higher education […]
The good news is that America is awake to the urgent need for transformative change in higher education. We are at a turning point: ACTA’s admonitions to make a college education affordable and indisputably valuable for students and our nation are being heeded as never before. And more good news: We are a nation of […]
If you’re a current or prospective student, you probably have money on your mind. After all, student loan debt is burgeoning on $1.5 trillion. While there are many factors to consider when choosing which college to attend, the money necessary to go there is usually one of the biggest factors. According to a recent press release, […]
The grades are in. It’s decision time in Minnesota. Across the state, parents and graduating high school seniors are now deciding which college it will be for the fall. A new report on higher education in Minnesota provides some much needed information on what the state’s public universities and colleges are doing well—and what they […]
College governing boards should do their part to cut costs on campuses, according to the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, which has published a 20-page guide to help trustees find money-saving opportunities. “If you think times are tough for your university’s budget, consider how difficult economic times are for your students and their families,” […]
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