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 “Speech or Silence? The Future of the First Amendment in Higher Education,” examined the current state of free speech on American campuses. Dr. McGuire’s testimony assessed how institutions are performing relative to ACTA’s Gold Standard for Freedom of Expression and outlined concrete steps that college and university leaders can take to foster a robust culture of free speech and open inquiry.”
Download a PDF version of the letter HERE.
View the Ohio Report Card HERE.
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March 31, 2026 – Today, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA), under the auspices of its Campus Freedom Initiative™, released a survey of 2,277 undergraduate students at five of Ohio’s major public four-year universities, along with a more in-depth report card assessing these universities’ policies on free expression. The survey, conducted with the […]
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