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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.
Columbia’s Roosevelt Montás discusses his new book, Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life, and Why They Matter for a New Generation. At MIT, alumnus John Chisholm urges fellow graduates to defend viewpoint diversity, part of ACTA’s growing work with the Alumni Free Speech Alliance to counter rising orthodoxy on campus. We call for transparency in university governance, spotlighting troubling developments at the University of Minnesota. Meanwhile, an ACTA–Braver Angels debate at Duke University showed how civil, structured dialogue can build the habits of democratic citizenship.
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While general knowledge remains poor, ACTA’s arts and sciences survey shows that students have a strong appetite for learning.
ACTA President Michael Poliakoff testified before the Ohio Senate Committee on Higher Education in support of Senate Bill 1, the “Advance Ohio Higher Education Act.”
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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