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ACTA President Michael Poliakoff’s Statement on Columbia University’s Settlement with the Trump Administration
Columbia has said it will undertake a major, overdue cultural change. Implementation will not […]
Columbia has said it will undertake a major, overdue cultural change. Implementation will not […]
Last week’s storming and takeover of an academic building at Barnard College by 200 anti-Israel protesters—the second such time in a week, shutting down the library, relocating classes, and finally being cleared in response...
We firmly believe that the Department of Education has a bloated bureaucracy and contains many programs that do not represent the interests and needs of the American people. But the speed at which the...
The U.S. Department of Education, the General Services Administration, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a joint notice announcing that the Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism will conduct a “comprehensive...
While this is the correct position on institutional statements, we are disheartened to see that the report fails to grapple with the most pressing issue of the day: the throngs of student activists who...
College campuses across the country continue to be in turmoil today as uncivil demonstrators block doors, harass students, and threaten administrators...
On April 8, 2024, Governor Glenn Youngkin vetoed Senate Bill 506, legislation that attempted to circumvent the taxpayers of Virginia by allowing higher education governing boards to be beholden to the narrow interests of...
The Respecting the First Amendment on Campus Act, H.R. 7683, is a step in the right direction toward protecting freedom of speech, association, and religion on college and university campuses across the country...
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