Jodi Shaw is recognized as the 2021 Hero of Intellectual Freedom for her courageous stand against compelled speech at Smith College. A new ACTA survey reveals strong opposition among Illinois residents to politicized K–12 education. ACTA also hosted a webinar on student substance use during the pandemic and featured Dr. Margarita Mooney on our Higher Ed Now podcast to discuss liberal arts renewal. ACTA’s campus debates are growing, and the National Society of ACTA Scholars is expanding to more colleges.
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“Welcome to Sarah Lawrence.” That was college president Cristle Collins Judd’s joking reaction on stage after members of the local Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter disrupted a “building bridges” event that featured New York Times columnist Ezra Klein. Welcome to Sarah Lawrence (SLC), indeed. The college has actively cultivated itself as a romper room for anti-Israel campus radicals. It gave […]
In this episode of Radio Free Campus, co-hosts Steve McGuire and Justin Garrison discuss the past, present, and future of academic freedom with David Rabban, a professor at the University of Texas School of Law and author of the book Academic Freedom: From Professional Norm to First Amendment Right.
Dr. Steven McGuire, the Paul & Karen Levy Fellow in Campus Freedom at the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA), will participate in the fifth annual Campus Free Speech Roundtable hosted by Congressman Greg Murphy. The roundtable is scheduled for Friday, December 12, at 8:00 a.m. and will be livestreamed.
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