ACTA will present the 2017 Merrill Award to University of Chicago President Robert J. Zimmer for championing free expression. We’ve released Bold Leadership, Real Reform 2.0, a guide for trustees advancing innovation and cost control. ACTA also highlights threats to academic standards in athletics and free speech concerns tied to the BDS movement. Speeches by past Merrill honorees Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Niall Ferguson are now in print.
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In this episode of Radio Free Campus, co-hosts Steve McGuire and Justin Garrison talk with MIT philosopher Alex Byrne about efforts to cancel him for thinking differently about gender and sexuality—and then having the audacity to lend his expertise to the Department of Health and Human Services!
In lieu of a traditional acceptance speech, Philip Merrill Award winner Professor Nadine Strossen engaged in a colloquy with ACTA President Michael Poliakoff. In their compelling discussion, Professor Strosseneloquently illustrates the principles of free speech and open dialogue and why they are so essential for both liberal education and our democratic republic. Read the full […]
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