ACTA president Anne Neal participates in a moderated discussion on intellectual and ideological diversity with Penn State University professor Michael Bérubé at the annual convention of the National Communication Association. Click here for audio.
In 2005, a consortium of higher education organizations issued a statement affirming the importance of intellectual diversity. A survey by ACTA found, however, that not a single institution had taken concrete steps to further that goal. This report is designed to help boards of trustees and their institutions address the issue of intellectual diversity and […]
ACTA president Anne D. Neal presents expert testimony on intellectual diversity before the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee. Robert “KC” Johnson, professor of history at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, also spoke before the Committee.
What does the science of social psychology have to tell us about the current challenges and threats to free speech? A great deal, according to Dr. Jonathan Haidt, Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University’s Stern School of Business. Dr. Haidt is a co-founder of Heterodox Academy (HxA), an exciting new alliance of academics seeking […]
Cary Nelson, president of the American Association of University Professors, generally does not see eye to eye with critics who say college campuses are hotbeds of political correctness and liberal indoctrination. This month, when he debated Peter Wood, executive director of the National Association of Scholars at the NAS annual conference in Washington, over the […]
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Academic Senate is calling for an independent investigation into the UNL administration’s recent decision to disinvite Bill Ayers. In doing so, the senate aims to develop a set of guidelines to determine how and when to cancel speaking invitations in the future. While some may wonder why anyone would still care […]
Dozens of public and private colleges have taken steps to ensure their students are exposed to a range of intellectual views on campus, and to ensure that students can freely express their views, says a report being released Thursday. “If you want to produce informed citizens, you have to hear both sides” of an argument, […]
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