Academic Freedom
Campus Freedom Toolkit
Free Expression and the Task of American Colleges and Universities There are certain truths of American political life that antedate even the Founding and are as important for our age as they were for...
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Classroom Politicization
Intellectual Diversity
Coming Soon To A Campus Near You: Anti-Racism 101
After the pandemic cut short her senior year on the University of Pittsburgh campus,Sydney Massenberg found herself stuck at home in New Jersey, watching news about George Floyd’s murder and other acts of police...
Intellectual Diversity
Campus Ideology’s Slippery Slope
Cornell University’s Faculty Senate Now Voting on Proposals that Imperil Academic Freedom On May 6, Cornell University’s Faculty Senate began a weeklong voting process on proposals that would mandate antiracism training for faculty and...
Intellectual Diversity
ACTA Applauds South Dakota Legislative Effort to Uphold Academic Freedom on College Campuses
The South Dakota legislature recently voted unanimously to pass HB 1254, which will […]
BDS
Cal State’s new ethnic studies requirement promotes ‘bigotry and harm,’ pro-Israel groups warn
Students forced to ‘advance ideologies and values with which they do not agree’ […]
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Intellectual Diversity
George LaNoue: Silenced Stages on the American Campus
Professor George LaNoue brings a lifetime of teaching college students about the First Amendment, educational policy, Constitutional law, civil rights, and more. He sat down with Doug Sprei at ACTA to spotlight his richly researched new...
Intellectual Diversity
New state law has S.D. universities scrutinizing their diversity efforts
Five presidents and one vice president from South Dakota’s six public universities testified Wednesday to the Legislature’s Government Operations and Audit Committee about steps their campuses have taken to promote free speech and intellectual...
Intellectual Diversity
April Lawson: Leading Better Angels Debates to Depolarize America
April Lawson is the director and lead architect of debates at Better Angels, a national organization that has surged into the spotlight by effectively teaching citizens to combat polarization and restore civil dialogue across...
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