History majors at top colleges don’t know much about U.S. history—or at least they don’t have to. A new report by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, a nonprofit group that advocates for...
BOILING SPRINGS – An annual study on core curriculum requirements at more than 1,100 colleges and universities from all over the United States has placed Gardner-Webb University at the head of the class for...
In early 2017, the University of Tennessee will still be booming with construction and working toward its Top 25 goal. The end of a one-year defunding of the campus’s Office for Diversity and Inclusion...
An independent advisory board voted Thursday to bar the largest national accreditation agency from serving as the gatekeeper between colleges and billions of dollars in federal financial aid, bringing the Accrediting Council for Independent...
Long-time University of Wisconsin System Regent Charles Pruitt’s call to colleagues to set […]
The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) advises trustees and alumni about higher education issues, identifies “oases of [educational] excellence,” and examines graduation requirements at various colleges to answer the question “What Will...
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