The first half of the twentieth century was a turbulent time for the United States. In the 31 years between 1914 and 1945, the country experienced a major economic boom, the Great Depression, and...
Education is taken for granted in the United States. It is readily available, yet many students pursue their studies half-heartedly. Difficult courses are avoided for easy “As,” with the assumption that most of what’s...
Ask a bystander to describe the future of higher education and he’ll probably complain it involves gleaming glass towers full of students learning about artificial intelligence. No doubt he’ll grumble that it’s a waste of money; a better college would teach how to read...
College tuition prices are out of control. Since 1983, sticker prices have increased by 914%, rising at an average rate of 5.5% a year—far faster than any other household expense over the same period....
ACTA Releases New Survey Exposing America’s Worsening Crisis in Civic Illiteracy On June 23, ACTA released The Story of Our Nation: How Well Do College Students Know America? The survey polled over 3,000 students...
In recent years, To Kill a Mockingbird has become a recurring subject within curriculum debates. The novel has generated ongoing discussion about how literature can address questions of race, justice, and history, and about the...
At a recent event, Princeton professor Robert P. George was asked whether the distinctive model of College of the Ozarks—a Christian college where students work while enrolled and graduate debt-free—might offer the best solution to the...
When someone mentions the Fourth of July, images of grand parades, dazzling fireworks, and boisterous gatherings come to mind. Celebration styles have not changed much since 1777, when Philadelphians commemorated their independence with fireworks,...
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