ACTA president Michael Poliakoff welcomes Wilfred McClay, the Victor David Hanson Chair in Classical History and Western Civilization at Hillsdale College and a member of ACTA’s National Commission on American History and Civic Education,...
On this day in 1886, President Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. Proposed as a gift by French abolitionist Édouard de Laboulaye, the statue was created to celebrate the...
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In keeping with the nation’s 250th anniversary, a new book “A Nation Born in a Day: Visions of the American Founding” brings together a collection of scholarly essays examining America’s founding and critiquing the...
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A study published Wednesday finds that American doctoral dissertations in history, literature, philosophy, arts and culture are becoming more critical of Western culture, even as fewer people complete them. The American Academy of Sciences...
The first half of the twentieth century was a turbulent time for the United States. In the 31 years between 1914 and 1945, the country experienced a major economic boom, the Great Depression, and...
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Four years ago, the prevailing wisdom was that if you wanted to make six figures immediately after college graduation, you should consider studying computer science. Departments saw record enrollment, and universities started building centimillion-dollar complexes to accommodate the...
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Starting my senior year of college means finishing up the last of my general education requirements. Like many students, I often find myself complaining at the thought of having to take a class I have little to...
Education is taken for granted in the United States. It is readily available, yet many students pursue their studies half-heartedly. Difficult courses are avoided for easy “As,” with the assumption that most of what’s...
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