ACTA Holds Webinar for Big Ten Conference Trustees On November 14, the American Council of Trustees (ACTA) hosted a webinar for governing board members of Big Ten Conference institutions to examine a proposed $2.4...
On October 6, the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal released a report on civics requirements in college and secondary education across all 50 states. Worried about growing civic ignorance and political polarization,...
Don’t be a Limestone University. After years of falling enrollment, the small South Carolina school relied on exorbitant spending to stay open. Even after layoffs, expanding online programs, and a fundraising campaign, Limestone could...
What makes for a great college education? It is a question that goes beyond prestige or price. It is about what truly equips students for lives of purpose and impact. Last week, the Manhattan...
President Donald Trump’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” has had the industry buzzing. Detractors call it a “Faustian bargain” and a partisan “loyalty oath,” while supporters hold it up as a “reasonable”...
Since 2021, the College Debates and Discourse (CD&D) Alliance has proudly partnered with The Fund for American Studies (TFAS), a Washington, DC-based organization with a stated mission “to develop courageous leaders inspired and equipped...
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What do college students know? Not much. So suggests polling just released by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) and College Pulse. The Forgotten Fundamentals, second in a series of surveys on...
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