ACTA in the NewsInstitutional Neutrality
Is Institutional Neutrality Catching On?
Supporters of “institutional neutrality” are hailing the senate’s resolution as a victory, and Columbia is just the latest institution where leaders have adopted...
ACTA’s President Michael Poliakoff joins Paul Levy, a member of ACTA’s board of directors and the creator of the Levy Forum for Open Discourse at the Palm Beach Synagogue. Together they interview Dr. Glenn Loury, the Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences in the Department of Economics at Brown University. Dr. Loury is one of the nation’s leading social critics on topics of racial inequality, the Black family, affirmative action, and identity politics.
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Supporters of “institutional neutrality” are hailing the senate’s resolution as a victory, and Columbia is just the latest institution where leaders have adopted...
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 states, "Colleges and universities that remain above the political fray can most effectively help students learn how to think, not what to think.
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 of strict institutional neutrality.
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