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"A Broadside for the Nation", assembled by ACTA’s National Commission on American History and Civic Education, makes the case for higher ed to restore a required course in US history and government in order to graduate - as well as how to make this vision a reality.
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How did civics education get hollowed out?
Judge Douglas Ginsburg charts it back to the Vietnam War, and the disillusionment it created in young Americans - forever changing what was taught in schools.
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Watch the highlights from Judge Ginsburg's recent speech at an ACTA event:
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni retweeted
What is the difference between liberty and license—and why does it matter for a free republic?
Academy Executive Director Dr. Clifford Humphrey explores this question as America marks 250 years of liberty.
Read his latest essay: goacta.org/2026/09/u-s-celeb…
@cphumphrey @goACTA
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni retweeted
University leaders were asked about their most pressing concerns.
The DEI options — “racial equity issues” and “identity-based harassment” — are barely on their radar.
They’re too busy worrying about finances, enrollments, public perceptions, and government policies.
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"You can't repeat the past,", famously wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby.
But when only 22% of colleges require a literature course, ACTA's Monica Boryczewski argues that we are doomed to “beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
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Read Monica's full blog post:
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“The relationship between standardized test scores and college completion rates remains strong even after controlling for other factors.”
Good morning! I have a new report out looking at the relationship between standardized test scores and college completion rates (spoiler: it's positive).
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WWTL grades colleges based on the rigor of their core curriculum by looking at what subjects they require students to study. See how your school scored at
whatwilltheylearn.com/
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New semester, new calls for divestment.
ACTA has a guide for what to do in response: "Just Say No" is a good summation.
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Opinion | Universities Should Just Say No to Divestment
It’s ineffective and difficult to reconcile with fiduciary duty. By Max M. Schanzenbach and Robert H. Sitkoff: bit.ly/4iplq8B
ALT The words "Invest" and "Divest" on interlocking jigsaw puzzle pieces.
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"It's just hilarious to me that they think that complaining about civil discourse is going to reflect well on them."
On Radio Free Campus, ACTA's @sfmcguire79 explains how the Uncivil Collective smears civics education initiatives as a right-wing conspiracy.
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Critics of the Founders often bring up their failure to end slavery - but the issue was far more nuanced.
And a narrow focus on just the issue of slavery omits the countless things the Founding Fathers got right while drafting the Constitution.
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The United States was once part of Great Britain. But when we declared independence, we refused a monarch of our own. Instead, Wilfred McClay argues, the Constitution serves as our "democratic monarch" - the shared symbol that unifies all Americans.
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Today marks 239 years since the signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787.
The Declaration of Independence articulated the principles of our remarkable nation, but the Constitution & Bill of Rights ensured those principles would endure throughout the centuries.
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"If you don’t like someone’s opinion, just say it threatens your safety. It will work. And it will make everyone afraid to speak, no matter their politics."
UPenn's Jonathan Zimmerman takes universities to task for their hypocrisy in a new op-ed.
📰 @PhillyInquirer
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni retweeted
The First Amendment starts with a pretty radical bet: people can be trusted with ideas, even bad ones.
That experiment has worked out pretty well.
Happy Constitution Day to the amendment built on the unfashionable idea that nobody gets the final word on what may be said!
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"Only through a renewed encounter with Athens, Jerusalem and Rome can we recover the intellectual and moral glue that binds a society together despite technological and cultural changes."
ACTA's Victoria Kiper featured in the Wall Street Journal:
College grads vs. the AI job apocalypse: In this week’s Future View column, students discuss the value of formal education as artificial intelligence takes over entry-level tasks.
on.wsj.com/4cL4yFL
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