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Committed to academic excellence, academic freedom, and accountability in higher education. Support ACTA: goacta.org/support-acta/
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    American Council of Trustees and Alumni
    @goACTA
    Apr 21
    "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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    American Council of Trustees and Alumni
    @goACTA
    Mar 24, 2025
    Great new article from the inimitable Stuart Taylor Jr. on how DEI policies have ravaged Princeton. With a hostile administration looking for an excuse, this is Princeton's chance to reform internally.
    A Look at Princeton’s DEI Structure Amid Trump Trashing DEI | RealClearPolitics
    From realclearpolitics.com
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    American Council of Trustees and Alumni
    @goACTA
    Apr 22, 2021
    "CRT is an attack on liberal education. It’s completely antithetical... because they are attacking enlightenment values, and without enlightenment values, we have chaos." @Smith_Surge #higherednow
    Jodi Shaw: Standing Against Regressive Orthodoxy at Smith College
    From goacta.org
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    American Council of Trustees and Alumni
    @goACTA
    Aug 18, 2023
    By endorsing free expression and institutional neutrality, the OSU Board has claimed a position of national leadership in higher ed. Fortunate are faculty and students to have leadership that values intellectual diversity and the free exchange of ideas!
    ACTA Commends Ohio State University Board of Trustees for Adopting the “Ohio State Philosophy on...
    From goacta.org
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    American Council of Trustees and Alumni
    @goACTA
    Jul 13, 2017
    .@benshapiro will speak at @UCBerkeley this fall. Will the #university ensure a #secure environment for the speech?
    Ben Shapiro to talk at Berkeley college where clashes have shut down other conservative speakers
    From washingtonpost.com
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    American Council of Trustees and Alumni
    @goACTA
    May 1, 2023
    "Now it falls to Penn's president, in the wake of the disgrace of the Stanford Law School she once led, to oppose Penn Law School's mistreatment of Amy Wax and protect the freedom of expression that too many other institutions have miserably failed to guard." Professor Amy Wax's
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    FIRE
    @TheFIREorg
    May 1, 2023
    Amy Wax’s long-awaited misconduct hearing begins today at @Penn. FIRE will be there observing the 3-day proceedings to ensure the tenured law professor’s academic freedom and due process rights are upheld.
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    American Council of Trustees and Alumni
    @goACTA
    Jan 16, 2024
    GREAT news from #Michigan today! 'Cancel culture is dead': University of Michigan (@umich) board approves new free speech statement: detroitnews.com/story/news/pol… by @kimberkoz at the @detroitnews Congrats to Sarah Hubbard (@Regenthubbard) and others on this bold Board of Regents!
    'Cancel culture is dead': University of Michigan board approves new free speech statement
    From detroitnews.com
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    American Council of Trustees and Alumni
    @goACTA
    Mar 10, 2023
    Yesterday, @StanfordLaw students attempted to shout down a federal judge’s speech. They violated Stanford’s Policy on Campus Disruptions, which holds that it is a violation for students to prevent or disrupt the carrying out of a university function/approved activity 1/3
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    Ed Whelan
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    Mar 10, 2023
    Replying to @EdWhelanEPPC
    Here's video of Stanford DEI dean Steinbach's remarks slamming Judge Duncan and setting forth university policy on free speech while calling its soundness into question and stating that it might need to be reconsidered. /8 vimeo.com/806801455/16c7…
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    American Council of Trustees and Alumni
    @goACTA
    May 5, 2023
    The Coddling of the Cornellian Mind: @cornellreview critiques trigger warnings and the "culture of safetyism" in two must-read pieces. Here: thecornellreview.org/the-coddling-o… And here: thecornellreview.org/editorial-trig… #highereducation #freespeech #campusfreespeech
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    American Council of Trustees and Alumni
    @goACTA
    Apr 19, 2021
    ACTA president @PoliakoffACTA sits down with Jodi Shaw to discuss the reasons behind her resignation from Smith College and how the actions by many institutions are more regressive than progressive. @Smith_Surge
    Jodi Shaw: Standing Against Regressive Orthodoxy at Smith College
    From goacta.org
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    American Council of Trustees and Alumni
    @goACTA
    Feb 9, 2024
    What an interview. Dr. Bhattacharya (@DrJBhattacharya) in this clip talks about the positive role @Stanford could and should have played during the COVID crisis, by providing an open forum for debating the wisdom and efficacy of lockdowns. Instead, regrettably and outrageously,
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    American Council of Trustees and Alumni
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    Feb 9, 2024
    Stanford's Dr. Jay Bhattacharya (@DrJBhattacharya) had many fascinating things to say on the topic of "free expression and unsettled science" during a recent podcast discussion with ACTA's Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79). This weekend would probably be the perfect time to sit
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    American Council of Trustees and Alumni
    @goACTA
    Aug 26, 2025
    "The effect of an open letter of that sort is simply to deter anyone else from dipping their toes into the third rail topic [of transgender medicine]." MIT Philosophy Professor Alex Byrne (@byrne_a) told his side of the story on Radio Free Campus:
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    American Council of Trustees and Alumni
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    Oct 22, 2024
    "The purpose of the university is to host debates, not to settle them." Fantastic speech and discussion from Chancellor Diermeier.
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    Wm. Bryan Paul
    @wmbrypaul
    Oct 22, 2024
    .@VanderbiltU Chancellor Daniel Diermeier making solid points about “Leading a University in a Time of Turmoil,” from institutional neutrality to civil discourse. @goACTA @PressClubDC @cspan “It is important that we are clear on what the purpose of the university is.”
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    American Council of Trustees and Alumni
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    Aug 25, 2024
    Magnificent piece by @nfergus and @uaustinorg Provost Jake Howland. "In our view, liberal education requires that students, like rowers, face backward in order to move forward. If they are to become active and reflective individuals, they must learn to regard the past not
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    Niall Ferguson
    @nfergus
    Aug 25, 2024
    “What the Freshman Class Needs to Read,” by me and Jake Howland of ⁦@uaustinorg⁩ ⁦for ⁦@TheAtlantic⁩ theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
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