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Back to SearchDavid Rohrbacher: Inside New College's Curriculum Turnaround
ACTA's Veronica Bryant welcomes David Rohrbacher, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs and Professor of Classics at the New College of Flor…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Lucas Morel: Frederick Douglass's Evolving View of Abraham Lincoln
On this episode of Higher Ed Now, ACTA's Michael Poliakoff hosts Washington & Lee University's John K. Boardman, Jr. Professor of Politics, Lucas Mor…
5 months, 1 week ago
Glenn Corn: A Former CIA Agent's Case for Language Learning
ACTA's Academic Affairs Fellow Veronica Bryant welcomes Glenn Corn, who spent 35 years working in the national security and international affairs com…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Wagner, Colonialism, and K-Pop: How Language Learning Connects Us to Culture and History
ACTA's Academic Affairs Fellow Veronica Bryant is joined by Dr. Marie Kawthar Daouda, stipendiary lecturer in French at the University of Oxford's Or…
7 months ago
David Eubanks: How Accreditation Does (And Does Not) Work
ACTA's Kyle Beltramini welcomes David Eubanks, assistant vice president of the Office of Institutional Assessment and Research at Furman University. …
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Thad Westbrook: Leading Higher Education Reform at the University of South Carolina
ACTA's Nick Down interviews Thad Westbrook, chairman of the University of South Carolina's (USC) Board of Trustees. Mr. Westbrook earned his bache…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Lee Strang: Revitalizing Civics Education in the Buckeye State
ACTA president Michael Poliakoff speaks with Lee Strang, the inaugural director of the new Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture and Society at …
1 year ago
Building Bridges for Higher Ed Accreditation Reform
Description: In this episode of Higher Ed Now, ACTA Policy Research Fellow Kyle Beltramini and Third Way Education Policy Advisor Emily Rounds discus…
1 year, 1 month ago
Douglas Ginsburg & Deecy Gray: Teaching Civics Amid Academia's Pushback
In this episode, ACTA President Michael Poliakoff discusses solutions to our nation's civic education crisis with distinguished jurist Douglas Ginsbu…
1 year, 2 months ago
Richard Haass: Guarding Democracy by Teaching Civics
ACTA president Michael Poliakoff speaks with Richard Haass, distinguished diplomat and president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations. Dr. Ha…
1 year, 3 months ago