Civic Literacy
American Council of Trustees and Alumni’s Dr. Bradley Jackson Testifies in Favor of the NC REACH Act
On March 2, 2023, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni’s (ACTA) Vice […]
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Civic Literacy
Civic Literacy
Testimony before North Carolina House of Representatives
The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) was founded in 1995 to promote academic freedom, academic excellence, and accountability at America’s colleges and universities. The REACH Act would, in our estimation, be a...
Civic Literacy
Everyone seems happy with ASU promoting civics – except for Gov. Katie Hobbs
Arizona leads the way in promoting civic education. From requiring all high school seniors to pass the same test immigrants must take to become U.S. citizens, to the establishment of the School of Civic and Economic Thought...
Accreditation
Questions for UNC’s Accreditor
We told you recently about the University of North Carolina’s plans to establish a school for free expression and its accreditor’s brisk announcement that it would investigate that action. Now it looks like the...
Civic Literacy
SUNY to Require Social Justice but Not Civic Education
Will every State University of New York (SUNY) student be compelled to absorb fashionable social justice theories,without being required to learn the basics of American history or government? Is the whole of the American experience less...
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Trusteeship
What Are Chapel Hill Faculty Afraid Of?
At a time when public confidence in higher education has dropped sharply—14 percentage points in just two years—the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is moving forward with purpose, civility and a can-do attitude. It is...
Civic Literacy
ACTA Lauds UNC Board of Trustees for Bold Commitment to Civic Values, Freedom of Expression, and Intellectual Diversity on Campus
January 30, 2023—The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) today congratulated the […]
Free Speech
Justin Dyer: The Value of “Questions We Can’t Answer”
In this episode, Steve McGuire, ACTA’s Paul & Karen Levy Fellow in Campus Freedom, interviews Justin Dyer, executive director of the Civitas Institute, which was recently established at the University of Texas (UT)–Austin.
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