The ForumCore Curriculum
New Data: Students Ready to Learn, but Colleges Fail to Require Essential Classes
While general knowledge remains poor, ACTA’s arts and sciences survey shows that students have a strong appetite for learning.
Speeches & Testimony
Trustees | General Education
Reforming Higher Education’s Hollow Core
January 1, 2007 by Anne D. Neal, Candace de Russy, and Erin O'Connor Download PDF
ACTA president Anne D. Neal, along with SUNY trustee Candace de Russy, and University of Pennsylvania English professor and ACTA blogger Erin O’Connor, participate on a panel at the American Association of Colleges and Universities annual meeting in New Orleans.
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ACTA adds Three New Programs to our Oases of Excellence Network
The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) has recognized the Center for Public Service at the University of Pikeville, Concourse at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Centennial Institute at Colorado Christian University as Oases of Excellence.
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General education doesn’t often make headlines. But thanks to the groundbreaking efforts in Colorado to ensure a rigorous statewide core curriculum, Colorado is making national news. At a time of breathtaking changes and ever-growing bodies of information, Colorado’s focus on a strong general education will give its college graduates a competitive edge. Students in other […]
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Failing Grades on Core Subjects
For way too many college students, their diploma could be a “ticket to nowhere.” At Vanderbilt University, a course called “Country Music” can serve as the only collegiate history course a student takes. At Vassar College, a class that studies Sex and the City, The Devil Wears Prada, and Gossip Girls can count as a […]
ACTA in the NewsGeneral Education
College ratings ignites debate over core requirements
Johns Hopkins University is America’s premier research institution. Yet a student could complete a bachelor’s degree here without ever taking a course in science. Or math. Or history. Or English. Students at Johns Hopkins—and many other prestigious colleges—choose classes the way a diner patron assembles a meal, selecting items from a vast menu. Broad distribution […]
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