Indoctrination
Biden administration presses ahead with critical race theory that some see as ‘racist’
The Biden administration’s proposal to fund education programs informed by critical race theory (CRT) likely […]
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Indoctrination
Indoctrination
The Political Indoctrination at NYC’s Dalton School Is Not What American K-12 Education Should Be About
Events surrounding the teaching and curriculum of the Dalton School in New York City have […]
Freedom of Expression
The Present Danger at Our Leading Universities: What is to be Done?
The Honorable José A. Cabranes, United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, warns of the destructive synergy of non-academic administrators and student activists on freedom of...
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Inside Academe Vol. XXIV No. 3
Front Page: José Cabranes to be Honored with Merrill Award. ACTA is pleased to announce the winner of our 2019 Philip Merrill Award for Outstanding Contributions to Liberal Arts Education, The Honorable José A....
Freedom of Expression
The Honorable José A. Cabranes Announced as Winner of 2019 Merrill Award
WASHINGTON, DC—The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) is proud to announce that Judge Cabranes will receive the 2019 Philip Merrill Award for Outstanding Contributions to Liberal Arts Education at ACTA’s annual ATHENA conference....
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Political Correctness and the Problems for Academic Freedom
ACTA President Anne Neal delivers a talk to the City Club of Cleveland on the threat political correctness poses to the principle of academic freedom.
General Education
Academic dishonesty fails students
Many of the nation’s colleges and universities have become cesspools of indoctrination, intolerance, academic dishonesty and an “enlightened” form of racism. This is a decades-old trend. In a 1991 speech, Yale President Benno Schmidt...
Freedom of Expression
Duties, not just rights
In “What Is Academic Freedom For?,” University of Chicago president Robert Zimmer says some things that need to be said—but is also silent some things that should not have been ignored. Zimmer is right...
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