As David McCullough states, “ACTA, like no other organization is reaching out to trustees and alumni to insist on a quality liberal arts education that is fundamental to an educated citizenry.” Here is ACTA’s 2011 Annual Report overviewing the year’s accomplishments, and how, over the last year we have been working vigorously to restore a liberal arts eduation across America.
Remarks by Dr. Gary W. Gallagher, the John L. Nau III Professor in the History of the American Civil War at the University of Virginia, upon accepting the 2013 Philip Merrill Award for Outstanding Contributions to Liberal Arts Education, with tributes from John L. Nau III, president and CEO of Silver Eagle Distributors; Professor Melvyn […]
Thomas M. Rollins, founder of The Teaching Company, speaks eloquently on the importance of the liberal arts and sciences, which he remarked are about everything. He delivered these remarks upon accepting the 2012 Philip Merrill Award for Outstanding Contributions to Liberal Arts Education, with tributes from Professor William Cook, State University of New York-Geneseo; Professor Daniel […]
Letter to the Editor: Florida is the latest state to propose offering incentives for college students toward “high demand” majors, including STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and health care fields (“To Steer Students Toward Jobs, Florida May Cut Tuition for Select Majors,” news article, Dec. 10). This makes sense, particularly for businesses struggling to […]
“I look to the diffusion of light and education,” wrote Thomas Jefferson in 1822, “as the resource to be relied on for ameliorating the condition, promoting the virtue, and advancing the happiness of man.” Thus the 79-year-old Founding Father–principal author of the Declaration of Independence, first secretary of state, third president of the United States, […]
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