ACTA in the NewsCivil Discourse
Agroup of scholars called Uncivil is doubling down on its argument that the push for civil discourse and viewpoint diversity is part of a conservative and pro-Israel agenda—not a nonpartisan campaign. This week, it...
ACTA in the NewsCivic Education
Americans famously are lovers of liberty. This year we celebrate 250 years of enjoying historically unprecedented civil, economic, and religious liberty. Liberty, though, is an easily misunderstood concept, and our country’s 250th anniversary is...
In this episode of Radio Free Campus, co-hosts Steve McGuire and Justin Garrison talk about Tyler Austin Harper’s recent essay on leaving Bates College because its excessive racial politics made him feel like a...
In April 2026, Dr. Bryan Paul, Curricular Fellow for ACTA’s College Debates and Discourse Alliance, joined Aimee Guidera, former Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Virginia, to organize and lead a student-driven civil debate...
In the spring of 2022, I was a doctoral candidate and graduate instructor […]
ACTA in the NewsCivil Discourse
The protesters who blocked the car of Cornell’s president, Michael Kotlikoff, on April 30 seemed intent on gaining victim status. Despite all reasonable care on the president’s part, one was slightly bumped, prompting a...
ACTA in the NewsCivil Discourse
During their meetings on Wednesday and Thursday, the UNC System Board of Governors discussed universities’ increasing debt capacities and a proposed medical school at UNC-Wilmington. They also heard updates on system wide civic discourse...
Mohsen Mahdawi arrived for an interview with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Colchester, VT., on April 14 of last year with dreams of becoming an American citizen. Instead, he left...
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