ACTA in the NewsCore Curriculum
Texas has long agreed that students at all public universities should graduate with the same foundational knowledge, no matter their major. Every college student at a public Texas university has to satisfy 42 prescribed credit hours...
When someone mentions the Fourth of July, images of grand parades, dazzling fireworks, and boisterous gatherings come to mind. Celebration styles have not changed much since 1777, when Philadelphians commemorated their independence with fireworks,...
ACTA’s Academic Affairs Fellow Veronica Bryant is joined by Dr. Mark T. Mitchell, Dean of Academic Affairs at Patrick Henry College as well as the author of numerous books on political theory. A small Christian school in...
ACTA in the NewsCore Curriculum
Another academic year has wrapped up, and another batch of college graduates has walked across the stage to accept diplomas of declining value. Even the graduation ceremonies have lost their historic luster, as only ideologically approved speakers...
Suddenly, headlines about unemployed computer science majors are everywhere. Poor kids. Especially because—so it appears—many computer science majors did not choose the subject out of passion but followed their elders’ advice about how to build a stable career. Neither their diligence nor deference failed them, but...
ACTA in the NewsCore Curriculum
As many in Texas and nationwide warn of the ‘death’ of academic freedom, Baylor University appears to have avoided that fate—at least according to this new study. This month, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)—a...
ACTA’s Veronica Bryant welcomes David Rohrbacher, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs and Professor of Classics at the New College of Florida. NCF made headlines after they skyrocketed from an “F” grade to a “B+”...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Building on a decade of national recognition, Purdue University is expanding its Cornerstone Integrated Liberal Arts program in 2026 with new interdisciplinary initiatives focused on civic learning, research and engagement. Cornerstone’s model...
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