The purpose of this guide is to assist governing board trustees in the execution of their most important task: the selection of a president who will lead the institution in the years ahead. Most...
Implementing Governance for a New Era is an action plan to assist college and university trustees in reforming higher education. Delivered to more than 16,000 college and university trustees in November 2014, the plan...
Free Expression and the Task of American Colleges and Universities There are certain truths of American political life that antedate even the Founding and are as important for our age as they were for...
In “Athens and Beyond,” an homage to two of his Oxford tutors, Michael B. Poliakoff (New Jersey and Corpus Christi ’73) engages the challenges of contemporary free speech by reminding us of the roots...
This call to action provides college trustees with proactive steps to foster the culture of free expression that is so vital to a liberal arts education.
Reasoned and wide-ranging debate has all but vanished from the American college campus. In her new essay, Resisting Cancel Culture: Promoting Dialogue, Debate, and Free Speech in the College Classroom, former ACLU president Nadine...
Executive Director of the Fund for Academic Renewal, Emily Koons Jae, on Far’s Intelligent Donor’s Guide to College Giving. The Intelligent Donor’s Guide to College Giving is a signature ACTA publication designed to help higher...
This guide, updated in 2019, outlines some of the key questions trustees should ask regarding the academic and financial operations of their institutions. Institutions vary significantly in terms of size, audience, and purpose. But...
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