Paul & Karen Levy Fellow in Campus Freedom
Request an Interview Follow on Twitter/XAs the Paul & Karen Levy Fellow in Campus Freedom, Dr. McGuire writes, podcasts, and speaks on free speech and academic freedom in the context of contemporary campus issues. He also assists with related ACTA rapid responses, reports, and initiatives. Prior to joining ACTA, Dr. McGuire was director of the Matthew J. Ryan Center for the Study of Free Institutions and the Public Good and associate teaching professor in the Augustine and Culture Seminar Program at Villanova University. His academic research focuses on the history of political thought, focusing in particular on the theme of modernity and its critics. He is the co-editor of Eric Voegelin and the Continental Tradition, Subjectivity: Ancient and Modern, and Nature: Ancient and Modern. His writing has also appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Broad and Liberty, RealClearPolitics, Inside Higher Ed, The Public Discourse, Church Life Journal, Modern Age, Perspectives on Political Science, and the Political Science Reviewer.
He is currently editing two volumes on the politics of liberal education. He holds a B.A. from the University of Lethbridge, an M.A. from the University of Saskatchewan, and a Ph.D. from The Catholic University of America, where he was a Bradley Fellow and an ISI Richard M. Weaver Fellow. He was a 2021 Claremont Institute Lincoln Fellow.
ACTA in the NewsCivil Discourse
The protesters who blocked the car of Cornell’s president, Michael Kotlikoff, on April 30 seemed intent on gaining victim status. Despite all reasonable care on the president’s part, one was slightly bumped, prompting a predictable overreaction. Some of their foolish fellow students have taken their side and now call for Mr. Kotlikoff’s resignation. What is […]
ACTA in the NewsAcademic Freedom
Speaking as chair of the Faculty Senate, University of Michigan history professor Derek […]
ACTA in the NewsIntellectual Diversity
Higher education reformers have long argued that academia needs more viewpoint diversity among the faculty. One group that consistently opposes it? The faculty. In particular, members of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), who should be devoted to defending and promoting a free and open academy, have argued that “Viewpoint Diversity Is a MAGA Plot” and likened calls […]
ACTA in the NewsCore Curriculum
On April 16, the Wall Street Journal published a modest but critical proposal: that American colleges, especially those receiving federal funds, should require students to take one course in economics or statistics before graduation. The argument was diagnostic, not ideological. We have both watched many bright students arrive eager to take positions on economic and social policies but […]
ACTA in the NewsCampus Protests
“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 […]
ACTA in the NewsInstitutional Neutrality
In 2020, college and university presidents lined up to issue statements about George Floyd’s tragic death, despite the event’s lack of any direct connection to higher education. They were much quieter after Charlie Kirk’s horrific murder last month, even though that incident was a direct assault on the very purpose of their institutions.
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