On April 29, Steven McGuire, ACTA’s Paul & Karen Levy Fellow in Campus Freedom, was invited to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development. The hearing, titled...
House Bill 1322, the Maryland Campus Area Free Expression Act, aims to balance the need to provide an orderly environment conducive to student learning with colleges’ responsibility to respect the rights of students, faculty,...
On March 10, ACTA President Michael Poliakoff testified before the Tennessee House of Representatives’ Education Committee on House Bill 291. HB 291, introduced by Representative Ron Gant, requires all undergraduate students to take a minimum of...
Today, the Committee on Postsecondary Education of the Oklahoma House of Representatives considered legislation, House Bill 3129, which would strengthen free speech protections on public college and university campuses by mandating that all security fees...
Today, the Committee on Education of the Oklahoma Senate considered legislation, Senate Bill 1725, which would strengthen free speech protections on public college and university campuses by mandating that all security fees must be levied in...
ACTA’s Hero of Intellectual Freedom award was presented to Pano Kanelos, Founding President of the University of Austin. Dr. Kanelos served as the inaugural president of UATX from 2021 to 2024 and then as...
Higher education leaders, alumni, and journalists joined ACTA on October 22 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, for a special program on leading a university in a time of turmoil. The event...
On April 2, Nick Down, ACTA’s Associate Director of External Affairs, offered proponent testimony before the North Carolina House Higher Education Committee on H. 7. This legislation would require all students attending public colleges...
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