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How do you eradicate a heritage? Princeton’s Classics Department is working hard at it, with The New York Times celebrating its efforts. It is hardly the first attempt at “canceling” the cradle of Western Civilization. The...
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...
ACTA believes that freedom of expression is the lifeblood of teaching, learning, and the pursuit of truth, and we have been on the front lines in the fight to protect the open expression of...
Earlier this year, the University of South Dakota School of Law forced a group of students to change the name of its “Hawaiian Day” social to “Beach Day,” citing a complaint about cultural insensitivity....
The nonpartisan American Council of Trustees and Alumni recently published a report by George Mason University law Professor Joyce Lee Malcolm titled “Building a Culture of Free Expression on the American College Campus: Challenges...
WASHINGTON, DC — The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) today released […]
Higher education continues to grapple with issues surrounding free expression within the academy—and the actions that protect or degrade it. From colleges and universities that adopt the Chicago Principles for freedom of expression, to those...
This op-ed appeared in both print and online editions of the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Throughout our nation’s history, academic freedom has been a catalyst for inquiry and discovery on college campuses. Without it, instead...
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