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New Data: Students Ready to Learn, but Colleges Fail to Require Essential Classes
While general knowledge remains poor, ACTA’s arts and sciences survey shows that students have a strong appetite for learning.
ACTA’s Michael Poliakoff delves into life-changing aspects of liberal arts education and study of the great books in conversation with Roosevelt Montás, the author of Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life, and Why They Matter for a New Generation. Montas is a Senior Lecturer in American Studies and English at Columbia University. He was Director of the Center for the Core Curriculum at Columbia College from 200 to 2018. He currently teaches Introduction to Contemporary Civilization in the West, a year long course on primary texts in moral and political thought, and is also Director of the Center for American Studies’ Freedom and Citizenship Program in collaboration with the Double Discovery Center.
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Today, ACTA President Michael Poliakoff presented testimony in support of Ohio Senate Bill 1, the Enact Advance Higher Education Act. If passed, SB 1 includes sweeping reforms that would roll back DEI, require all students to take a 3-credit hour course in American history or U.S. government, mandate annual training for new and existing governing […]
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