This report card focuses on four key areas of interest: what students are learning (the curriculum), whether the marketplace of ideas is vibrant (intellectual diversity), how the universities are run (governance), and what a college education costs (affordability). If our nation is to ensure its continued preeminence, policymakers, trustees, alumni, and taxpayers must know what’s going on in higher education. This report card aims to do just that—and it follows similar ACTA report cards on higher education in the states of Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, and Missouri.
ACTA’s 11th state report finds higher education in Florida has both sunny spots and storms to avoid, yet overall has strong potential to set an example for other states to follow. The report, Florida Rising: An Assessment of Public Universities in the Sunshine State, examines issues of cost, speech codes, administrative vs. academic spending, core […]
This report card on public higher education in Maine focuses on four key areas of interest: what students are learning (the curriculum), whether the marketplace of ideas is vibrant (intellectual diversity), how the universities are run (governance), and what a college education costs (affordability). If our nation is to ensure its continued preeminence, policymakers, trustees, […]
ACTA releases the ninth in its series of state reports—this one on the Commonwealth of Virginia. The report—The Diffusion of Light and Education—outlines challenges at 39 public and private colleges and universities in Virginia, in key areas of public interest: general education requirements, cost and effectiveness, and governance structures. It finds that in too many […]
State funding for Idaho higher education will be trimmed by the Legislature again this year, sharpening the focus on what’s necessary and what isn’t on Idaho’s college campuses. In January, the Washington, D.C.-based American Council of Trustees and Alumni released a report card on Idaho higher education, in conjunction with the Boise-based Idaho Freedom Foundation. […]
A new study says Idaho is failing its students at public universities and colleges by increasing tuition, not requiring a broad range of coursework, and limiting the free exchange of ideas. The report card from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) and Idaho Freedom Foundation has several prescriptions for schools. It recommends that […]
On Jan. 24, the Idaho State University Faculty Senate resolution calling for a vote of confidence/no confidence on President Arthur Vailas passed 19-6, a margin of over 3 to 1. In addition to and independent of the resolution, ISU faculty submitted a petition that also called for a confidence vote on President Vailas. This petition […]
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