General Education
The SUNY Core Curriculum in Context
ACTA president Anne D. Neal participates in a panel discussion about the State University of New York’s core curriculum at a conference celebrating SUNY’s 60th anniversary.
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Alumni | About ACTA
Academic Freedom, Excellence and Accountability
15 Years of Leadership in Higher Education Reform
March 1, 2011 by ACTA Download PDFACTA is “the most important and creative organization in higher education, one that supports high academic standards, academic freedom, and institutional accountability,” says Benno Schmidt, Chairman of the City University of New York Board of Trustees. Our 2010 Annual Report celebrates ACTA’s 15th year advancing its mission, and reflects on major accomplishments including helping public colleges and universities adapt to a challenging fiscal environment.
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Freedom of Expression
The Present Danger at Our Leading Universities: What is to be Done?
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 expression at America’s colleges and universities. He gave this speech upon accepting ACTA’s 2019 Philip Merrill Award for Outstanding Contributions to […]
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ACTA in the NewsCosts
ACTA: Trustees must work to rein in administrative spending on campus
Dive Brief: The American Council of Trustees and Alumni released a report Tuesday found small baccalaureate institutions have the highest cost ratios across higher ed, spending in general at least 50 cents on administration for every dollar spent on instruction. Research intensive institutions have much lower cost ratios, which an ACTA spokesperson called “a bit curious and […]
ACTA in the NewsTrusteeship
ACTA's HowCollegesSpendMoney: A New, Advanced Tool for Accountability
The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) has launched a new web-based tool that makes it easier to track and compare college expenditures. It’s called HowCollegesSpendMoney, and it promises to be an invaluable, user-friendly, source of information that will allow higher education leaders, students and policymakers to evaluate and compare institutions’ performance on financial matters as […]
ACTA in the NewsGeneral Education
ACTA Publication Indicates Colleges Fail To Prepare Students
Students are often told that they must go to college. They are told that higher education is the key to their future and that they will not be able to make it very far without it. However, studies show many colleges are actually failing their students and are not adequately preparing them for the real […]
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