ACTA in the NewsCivic Education
This session the House Higher Education Committee was proud to champion reforms to our universities’ core curriculum requirements, and Governor Reynolds has now signed the legislation into law. House File 2800 requires every undergraduate...
Ohio’s public universities have made big improvements in their policies on free expression and intellectual diversity, in most cases thanks to the recently passed Senate Bill 1. This law requires all public universities to...
ACTA in the NewsCivic Education
The University of Pennsylvania’s “America 250” courses celebrating the country’s semiquincentennial have little […]
The Trump administration’s proposed revamp of college accreditation rules could speed up the UNC System’s effort to launch a new accreditor for public universities. Last week, the U.S. Department of Education’s Accreditation, Innovation, and...
ACTA in the NewsPresidential Search
Michigan State University President Kevin Guskiewicz is joining the ranks of other short-lived Michigan university presidencies. Guskiewicz was selected as the 16th president of Clemson University at a Wednesday board meeting. Clemson has been...
ACTA in the NewsCore Curriculum
As many in Texas and nationwide warn of the ‘death’ of academic freedom, Baylor University appears to have avoided that fate—at least according to this new study. This month, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)—a...
ACTA in the NewsCivic Education
Near my home in Wisconsin is a yellow barn with a smiling face painted on it. I drive past it often, and it reminds me to be optimistic. Despite recent studies, I am still upbeat about America —...
ACTA in the NewsGrade Inflation
Harvard University will cap A grades at 1 out of 5 undergraduates next year in an effort to tame runaway grade inflation. Faculty members voted 458-201 on Wednesday to approve the grade cap. It...
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