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According to a recent Wall Street Journal/University of Chicago survey, 56 percent of Americans now think college is not worth the...
Front Page: The Great Books Speak To Everyone: An Interview with Roosevelt Montás. ACTA interviewed Professor Roosevelt Montás about his new book, Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life, and Why They Matter for a New Generation. Roosevelt Montás is senior lecturer in American Studies and English at Columbia University, where he directed the Center for the Core Curriculum from 2000 to 2018.
According to a recent Wall Street Journal/University of Chicago survey, 56 percent of Americans now think college is not worth the...
The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) is proud to name Professor Alan Charles Kors as the winner of our 2023 Philip Merrill...
There is no denying it: One of the effects of technological advancement is the overspecialization of the workforce. Gone are the days of the local family practitioner. Now there are cardiologists, chiropractors, neurologists, and geneticists...
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