On April 2, Nick Down, ACTA’s Associate Director of External Affairs, offered proponent testimony before the North Carolina House Higher Education Committee on H. 7. This legislation would require all students attending public colleges...
In this episode, ACTA Vice President of Policy Bradley Jackson talks with Jane Calvert, director of the John Dickinson Writings Project and a member of ACTA’s National Commission on American History and Civic Education....
February 22nd marked the 293rd anniversary of George Washington’s birth. It seems that few Americans, however, really know the man or understand what makes him important.
So-called “higher” education is supposed to be all about truth, beauty, and progress, achieved through learning and discovery. “Truths”...
We kicked off the program with four news stories and different guests on the stories we think you need to know about!
Steve McGuire is the Paul & Karen Levy Fellow in Campus Freedom at the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (goacta.org)...
An academic survey shows that, like a 1960 hit song, college students don’t know much about history … or civics, government or politics...
A new survey conducted by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) reveals that many of today’s college students lack basic...
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