“The Philosophy, Politics & Economics program at Rhodes College brings together three disciplines that are inseparable if one wants to acquire a complete understanding of social and political problems and issues, one that accounts...
The newest Hidden Gems are the Philosophy, Politics, & Economics certificate program at Duke University, the Honors College at Regent University, and the Philosophy, Politics & Economics program at Rhodes College.
On April 2, Nick Down, ACTA’s Associate Director of External Affairs, offered proponent testimony before the North Carolina House Higher Education Committee on H. 7. This legislation would require all students attending public colleges...
According to countless recent headlines, American college students are struggling. Our “best and brightest” are no longer being asked to read or are incapable of doing so, and more and more students rely on...
ACTA is proud to recognize these programs and the faculty who lead them. Their work is restoring the legacy of higher education, one student at a time.
In this episode, ACTA Vice President of Policy Bradley Jackson talks with Jane Calvert, director of the John Dickinson Writings Project and a member of ACTA’s National Commission on American History and Civic Education....
The American body politic is sick, driven by hyper-partisanship and weakened by ignorance and anger. The root of this national disorder is civic illiteracy, a condition which, left unchecked, leaves swaths of the American...
February 22nd marked the 293rd anniversary of George Washington’s birth. It seems that few Americans, however, really know the man or understand what makes him important.
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