ACTA is working to compile a list of colleges and universities that have pledged to freeze or lower tuition for the upcoming academic year. We applaud their efforts to help families afford tuition. Please note that...
When the late Clayton Christensen prophesied in 2011 that disruptive innovation would cause half of America’s colleges and universities to merge or close within 15 years, higher education leaders and associations listened but largely...
University trustees will face an unprecedented task in the coming months. Notwithstanding the complicated question of how and when to safely open campuses, there are the very real economic implications of today’s global health...
University trustees will face an unprecedented task in the coming months. Notwithstanding the complicated question of how and when to safely open campuses, there are the very real economic implications of today’s global health...
Courses like “Decoding Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Sex and Cinema in the 20th Century,” “Wizards and Vampires in Film, TV & Literature,” “Tattoos in American Popular Culture,” and “The Fame Monster: The Cultural Politics of...
For decades, colleges and universities have been gradually expanding their administrative functions, adding non-faculty staff year-after-year. Whether it is student services, residential life, or supplementary staff within academic departments, the administrative growth is clear....
College administrators have two things on their minds right now: how to reopen their campuses safely, and what steps they need to take to survive financially. The answer to the first question depends in...
Campus leaders across the United States are scrambling to figure out how to cope with the brutal economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. For 25 years, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)...
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