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Death of American history? Professors warn students, even teachers show ‘shocking ignorance’ of founding docs
Professors at Ole Miss are sounding the alarm over teachers and students’ “shocking […]
Professors at Ole Miss are sounding the alarm over teachers and students’ “shocking […]
“Will Republicans save the humanities?” So asked Jenna and Ben Storey in their widely read article last year about the rise of civics centers at public universities in red and purple states. For us (two classicists),...
ACTA president Michael Poliakoff speaks with Lee Strang, the inaugural director of the new Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture and Society at the Ohio State University.
New York Times columnist Thomas Byrne Edsall recently described President Trump’s “mind-boggling intrusiveness ” Unlike any other 21st century president, Trump has inserted himself into every nook and cranny of American life.
This May, pro-Palestine protesters disrupted a commencement ceremony at the College of Staten Island. A crowd of students chanted, “Palestine will be free.”
In this episode, ACTA President Michael Poliakoff discusses solutions to our nation’s civic education crisis with distinguished jurist Douglas Ginsburg and his wife, Dorothy “Deecy” Gray.
Today, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) releases the second in a series of three annual surveys of American college students. This survey, The Forgotten Fundamentals: An Arts and Sciences Assessment of...
In April 2025, ACTA surveyed over 3,000 college and university students on basic fundamentals of arts and sciences. We found that a significant number of college students graduate without even a background knowledge of...
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