Out of the more than 60 universities the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) has evaluated using its Gold Standard for Freedom of Expression™, a 20-point action plan for returning higher education to...
On September 24, 2026, ACTA and the School of Civic Leadership at UT-Austin hosted a keynote address by Vincent Phillip Muñoz, Tocqueville Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. The keynote...
On the floor of the House of Representatives, Virginia Foxx (R-NC) praises ACTA’s “A Broadside for the Nation“, which calls for a return to mandatory courses in US history to graduate from American universities....
Mitch Daniels is an American statesman and higher education leader who served as governor of Indiana from 2005 to 2013 and as president of Purdue University from 2013 to 2022. Over a wide-ranging career...
The American Council of Trustees and Alumni and the Museum of the American Revolution celebrated our nation’s 250th anniversary year with an evening panel discussion on how to reinvigorate history and civics education in American college and university...
American universities ought to be places where intellectual diversity thrives, and students and faculty can freely express, debate, and research different ideas. Unfortunately, too many schools have abandoned these core principles by policing viewpoints...
Ben Sasse is an American academic, author, and former politician who served as a U.S. senator from Nebraska from 2015 to 2023. Before entering politics, Sasse held academic and administrative roles, including serving as...
Dr. Allen Guelzo delivered these remarks at the 2025-2026 series of the Levy Forum for Open Discourse. The Levy Forum is a speaker series hosted at the Palm Beach Synagogue, sponsored by ACTA board...
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