Benno Schmidt, chairman of CUNY’s Board of Trustees, received ACTA’s Philip Merrill Award for his leadership in revitalizing academic standards. At the ATHENA Roundtable, higher ed leaders gathered to address affordability and the core mission of the universities. ACTA’s What Will They Learn webpage surpassed 100,000 users and is influencing curricular reform nationwide.
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Higher education across the nation is under scrutiny. Publicly funded colleges and universities are particularly vulnerable, as they represent a massive investment by state taxpayers. Many concerned Americans question the return on this investment, and public confidence in higher education has fallen every year since 2015. The diversity of institutions means that no single policy […]
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