ACTA in the NewsInstitutional Neutrality
School’s out, and academia is due for a protest reckoning
The Columbia University Apartheid Divest coalition issued five demands: that Columbia divest assets that benefit from “Israeli apartheid...
The Columbia University Apartheid Divest coalition issued five demands: that Columbia divest assets that benefit from “Israeli apartheid...
In the aftermath of the horrific events that took place in Israel on October 7, college and university leaders across the country have grappled with serious questions about institutional neutrality, the right to free...
Tony Banout, Executive Director, and Tom Ginsburg, Faculty Director of the University of Chicago's New Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression...
In February of 2024, ACTA sent a letter to all governing board members at over 1,500 four-year public and private institutions asking that their boards consider adopting a policy of institutional neutrality. The letter...
The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) today opened a new front in its Campus Freedom Initiative by launching a nationwide campaign urging American institutions of higher education to adopt and enforce policies...
Supporters of “institutional neutrality” are hailing the senate’s resolution as a victory, and Columbia is just the latest institution where leaders have adopted...
Back in the early 1960s, William F. Buckley famously quipped he “would rather be governed by the first 2,000 people in the Boston telephone
With much fanfare, Cornell University President Martha Pollack recently announced that the theme of the 2023-24 academic year will focus on free expression, and she set up a Steering Committee for Free Expression to that end. As...
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