Costs
Spending for Student Success: Effective Strategies for College Governing Boards to Control Costs Webinar
On September 22, 2021, ACTA’s webinar for college leaders and trustees offered valuable […]
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Core Curriculum
What Will They Learn?® 2021-2022
Most college ranking systems, like the U.S. News & World Report, do not evaluate what students actually learn in the classroom. What Will They Learn?® is the only rating system that examines the course...
Federal Aid
ACTA Testifies Before Congressional Subcommittee
On July 29, ACTA President Michael Poliakoff provided testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee. The subcommittee discussed legislation that would double the maximum amount of the Pell...
General Education
What Makes a Strong College Education? | Interview with Dr. Michael Poliakoff
Michael Poliakoff who is a classics professor turned ACTA president discusses with student Karina Macosko, discusses the importance of freedom of speech on campus and the upward spiral of university cost. Poliakoff offers advice...
Donor Intent
How to Save Higher Education | Interview with Dr. Michael Poliakoff
Michael Poliakoff discusses how a new “woke” culture has caused a dramatic change in ethics, especially in higher education. He shows the valuable aspects and the flaws of this new way of thinking. As...
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The Pandemic and Campus Substance Use: What Colleges Need to Know Now
Delivered live on April 14, 2021, ACTA’s webinar for college leaders and trustees featured four world class experts on student mental health and substance use. They explored key research on the effects of COVID-19...
About ACTA
THEN and NOW: ACTA’s 25-Year Drive to Restore the Promise of Higher Education
America’s colleges and universities are among the nation’s most important institutions: drivers of innovation and economic growth, repositories of our civilizational inheritance, and incubators of civic understanding and norms of civil dialogue. The American...
Trusteeship
Higher Education Leaders Speak Out at ACTA’s 2019 ATHENA Roundtable
ACTA’s 2019 ATHENA Roundtable featured speeches and panels with phenomenal higher education leaders, including Judge José Cabranes, University of Colorado Regent Heidi Ganahl, Sarah Lawrence College Professor Samuel Abrams, and former University of Texas...
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