Academic Freedom
Campus Freedom Toolkit
Free Expression and the Task of American Colleges and Universities There are certain truths of American political life that antedate even the Founding and are as important for our age as they were for...
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Institutional Neutrality
Intellectual Diversity
Academic Freedom Under Attack: A Conversation With Amy Wax
Even after enduring intense criticism and professional censure for airing her controversial views in public, University of Pennsylvania Law School Professor Amy Wax remains as sharp-witted and unapologetic as ever. ACTA’s president, Michael Poliakoff, sat down...
Freedom of Expression
How colleges can manage ‘flashpoints’ of unrest on campus
Dive Brief: College campuses are more diverse, global and polarized than ever — and everyone is on social media, said Barbee Oakes, chief diversity officer at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during a...
General Education
Hanna Holborn Gray: Architect of UChicago’s Liberal Arts Legacy
Listen in on a remarkable conversation with Hanna Gray, the acclaimed former president of the University of Chicago, and one of the nation’s most respected academic leaders. Speaking with ACTA’s Michael Poliakoff and Karen...
Costs
What Students Should Have Heard
Dear Campus Community: In recent days, we have heard many voices on and off campus. We have listened to concerns about the campus culture and curriculum. We have heard your demands for greater diversity....
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Freedom of Expression
Paralyzed by the ‘Heckler’s Veto’
It’s no wonder that public confidence in our colleges and universities is dropping—and dropping rapidly. Colleges across the country are surrendering to a vocal minority of students and faculty who protest a speaker simply...
Intellectual Diversity
Rescinding an Honor for an Anti-Islam Activist
Re “Brandeis Cancels Plan to Give Honorary Degree to Rights Advocate, a Critic of Islam” (news article, April 9): Justice Louis D. Brandeis would be turning over in his grave. The university named after...
Intellectual Diversity
Mitch Daniels’s Gift to Academic Freedom
Most Americans would agree that academic freedom is a sacred right of the academy and crucial to the American experiment in democracy. But what is it really? That’s the question raised by the Associated...
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