While free expression is of paramount value at any college or university, the intentional concealing of one’s identity of public raises serious concerns for campus safety. ACTA’s Model University Anti-Masking Policy protects members of the community from the use of masks to intimidate, while recognizing their legitimate use in common sense circumstances such as medical use, religious observances, or bona fide theatrical productions.
The spring semester of 2024 was a national and international disgrace for American higher education, very far from our boast of being the envy of the world. At home and abroad, the public saw images of encampments, occupations of campus buildings, noisome antisemitic harassment, and presidents of prestigious universities unable to control their campuses or […]
Colleges and universities face renewed danger in the coming academic year. There is no doubt that the demonstrators will be back, louder and more determined. They will be better organized, well-funded, and will certainly have legal counsel and media by their side. More campuses will likely be affected. Sadly, the protesters will again show little […]
Free Expression and the Task of American Colleges and Universities There are certain truths of American political life that antedate even the Founding and are as important for our age as they were for ages past. Among these are that demagogues hold most sway over the ignorant, that a free people must be an informed […]
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