The ForumCivic Literacy
Civic Illiteracy a Growing Problem Among College Students
America’s colleges and universities have historically served as the embodiment of the fundamental principles which shape America.
America’s colleges and universities have historically served as the embodiment of the fundamental principles which shape America.
Boston University has suspended admissions to humanities and social science Ph.D. programs for next year after agreeing to a new graduate student workers union contract with massive pay increases.
For decades, international testing data have shown that the United States, for all its leadership in technological innovation and economic success, has been, at best, so-so in teaching fundamental knowledge to young Americans.
Over the last 60 years, there has been unconscionable neglect of civics and American history at both the K-12 and university levels.
What is the proper relationship between free speech and civility in an academic context? How can students and faculty be afforded broad rights to free expression and academic freedom without sacrificing order and education...
This panel focuses on the role of higher education in the defense and propagation of liberty and democracy in the United States and around the world.
ACTA presented our 19th annual Philip Merrill Award for Outstanding Contributions to Liberal Arts Education to Nadine Strossen, John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law Emerita at New York Law School and the first...
Brayden Cagle is pursuing an alternative career path after high school. Instead of pondering Plato at a four-year college, he is apprenticing as a heating, ventilation and air conditioning technician.
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