ACTA in the NewsCivic Education
In early 2022 Philanthropy Roundtable published “What Ever Happened to U.S. History 101?,” a discussion of the abysmal failure of U.S. colleges and universities to ensure students’ course schedules include at least a basic survey course...
ACTA in the NewsCore Curriculum
Texas has long agreed that students at all public universities should graduate with the same foundational knowledge, no matter their major. Every college student at a public Texas university has to satisfy 42 prescribed credit hours...
ACTA in the NewsCollege Admissions
Texas is expanding college entrance exam options to public universities statewide to include […]
ACTA in the NewsCivic Education
“Are we doing a good enough job teaching our children what America is and what she represents in the long history of the world?” asked President Ronald Reagan as he left office in 1989. Twenty-seven...
ACTA in the NewsGeneral Education
In 1992, I started teaching at West Chester University. My students were mostly working-class kids from the collar counties who saw higher education as a way to move up in the world. But they...
ACTA in the NewsAthletic Spending
A $12 million investigation into the University of Michigan’s athletic department produced no actual report amid findings that revealed the institution failed to be transparent and accountable. Michigan did not release any comprehensive investigative...
ACTA in the NewsCivic Education
For America’s semiquincentennial, my son and I drove from New York to Williamsburg, Virginia, to hear the Declaration of Independence read from the old Capitol — the very spot where it was proclaimed to cannon fire 250...
ACTA in the NewsPresidential Search
Acrimony with board of trustees reportedly played a role in initial decision The president of Michigan State University will no longer leave his job this summer and head to Clemson University. Instead, he will...
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