American Council of Trustees and Alumni

The American Council of Trustees and Alumni and the Museum of the American Revolution celebrated our nation’s 250th anniversary year with an evening panel discussion on how to reinvigorate history and civics education in American college and university classrooms and across the public history sector. Following a keynote address by President Emeritus of the C...

ACTA’s Veronica Bryant welcomes David Rohrbacher, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs and Professor of Classics at the New College of Florida. NCF made headlines after they skyrocketed from an “F” grade to a “B+” rating in ACTA’s

On May 11, 1918, renowned physicist and educator Richard Feynman was born in New York City. Instilled with a desire to understand, Feynman questioned what he didn’t know and sought the answers to his questions. This simple habit of critical thinking prevented him from remaining biased toward and trapped in the scientific knowledge of his day. His integrity and...

American universities ought to be places where intellectual diversity thrives, and students and faculty can freely express, debate, and research different ideas. Unfortunately, too many schools have abandoned these core principles by policing viewpoints that violate campus orthodoxies and hiring faculty from too narrow a range of perspectives. If American universities are to ...

The protesters who blocked the car of Cornell’s president, Michael Kotlikoff, on April 30 seemed intent on gaining victim status. Despite all reasonable care on the president’s part, one was slightly bumped, prompting a predictable overreaction. Some of their foolish fellow students have taken their side and now call for Mr. Kotlikoff’s resignation.

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