Pine Manor College, a small liberal arts school in Massachusetts, has responded to the intense financial and operational pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic in a unique way: by partnering with nearby Boston College to...
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, President Emeritus of The George Washington University, rejoins the podcast to explore higher education’s response to the current national crisis around instances of police brutality and the protests against systemic racism....
ACTA’s Michael Poliakoff speaks with former U.S. Senator, Representative, and college president emeritus Hank Brown about immediate steps that colleges and universities must take in meeting the financial and operational crisis they are facing from the...
Michael Poliakoff talks with Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, President Emeritus of the George Washington University, about the urgent financial ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic on colleges and universities, their prospects for reopening, challenges of declining...
Today we continue our conversation with college students impacted by the wide-ranging effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. We discuss how they are adapting to the loss of their university environment, maintaining academic discipline and...
ACTA is pleased to launch a series of conversations with college students experiencing the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Our first episode features Daniel Acosta-Rivas, rising senior at American University, and Erez Binyamin, who has...
ACTA’s Michael Poliakoff explores the erosion of academic freedom in the academy with John M. Ellis, professor emeritus at University of California-Santa Cruz, and the author of The Breakdown of Higher Education: How It Happened, the Damage...
How do the challenges that COVID-19 presents compare to other times of crisis in higher education? What forces have been brewing under the surface of the academy to make this such a difficult time...
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