Hosted by the Society for the College alumni group, ACTA’s president Anne D. Neal delivers this presentation at the College of William and Mary to a crowd of students, faculty, alumni and donors.
ACTA president Anne D. Neal delivers the 2014 commencement address, “Liberty and Learning,” at Colorado Christian University on May 10. She highlights how essential the Founders believed education was to maintaining our republic.
ACTA’s president Anne D. Neal provides expert testimony to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and Labor Policy of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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