Higher Ed Now
Higher Ed Now is a production of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni. It is a podcast concerning issues and policy in America's higher education system.
- Update frequency
- every 18 days
- Average duration
- 44 minutes
- Episodes
- 103
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Confessions of a Black Conservative: Glenn Loury
Those who listen to "The Glenn Show" will know that Professor Glenn Loury has published an extraordinary autobiography. Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative breathes the spirit of ca…
Jonathan Turley: We Must Live Up to the Promise of Free Speech
Renowned legal scholar, professor, columnist, and commentator Jonathan Turley joins ACTA's Dr. Steven McGuire on Higher Ed Now to discuss why free speech has always been America’s most revolutionary …
The Groundwork of Campus Civil Discourse: Mark Dalhouse and Ari Miller:
ACTA’s College Debates and Discourse (CD&D) Alliance has launched more than 300 Braver Angels debates and workshops, engaging 11,000 students at colleges and universities across the nation. CD&D empl…
William B. Allen: Montesquieu, Madison, and the Mission of a Liberal Arts Education
ACTA's president, Michael B. Poliakoff, and vice president of policy, Bradley Jackson, engage scholar, author and Professor Emeritus of Michigan State University, William B. Allen in candid conversat…
Jeffrey Rosen: The Classics' Critical Role in Education
ACTA President Michael Poliakoff interviews Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center and professor of law at George Washington University Law School. In this vibrant conve…
Teaching Students to Find Their Voice in Civil Discourse
On today’s episode, Higher Ed Now producer Doug Sprei interviews Jennifer Keohane, associate professor in the Klein Family School of Communications Design at the University of Baltimore, and Justin E…
Mónica Guzmán: "People Hear Better When They're Heard"
Immediately after she delivered an electrifying keynote speech at Pacific Lutheran University's Wang Symposium on March 7, 2024, ACTA's Doug Sprei interviewed Monica Guzman, the best-selling author o…
John Bolton: The Long Decline of Free Expression on Campus
John Bolton served as the 25th United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2005 to 2006, and as the 26th United States National Security Advisor from 2018 to 2019 during the Trump Administrat…
Anika Prather: “Classical Education Helps Everyone Flourish”
Dr Anika T. Prather is a nationally-recognized speaker and advocate for the relevancy of classical education for the Black community. She has served as a lecturer at Howard University’s Classics and …
Why Institutional Neutrality Matters
Tony Banout, Executive Director, and Tom Ginsburg, Faculty Director of the University of Chicago's New Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression join Steve McGuire, ACTA's Paul and Karen Levy Fellow in C…
Glenn Loury: Defending the Cultural Inheritance of the Liberal Arts
ACTA's President Michael Poliakoff joins Paul Levy, a member of ACTA's board of directors and the creator of the Levy Forum for Open Discourse at the Palm Beach Synagogue. Together they interview Dr.…
George Will: Restoring the Value of an Academic Degree
George Will is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and political commentator whose twice-weekly column has appeared in the Washington Post since 1974. His works cover subjects ranging from baseball to st…
Jay Bhattacharya: Free Expression and Unsettled Science
Jay Bhattacharya is a professor at Stanford University Medical School, a physician, epidemiologist, health economist, and public health policy expert focusing on infectious diseases and vulnerable po…
Nadine Strossen: Free Speech in a Time of Campus Crisis
Nadine Strossen is the John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law Emerita at New York Law School, and served as president of the American Civil Liberties Union from 1991 to 2008. ACTA has long admired …
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: The Fight For Our Classrooms
ACTA's President Michael Poliakoff interviews Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali-born, Dutch-American writer, human rights activist and former politician and long-time friend of our organization. She is the a…
Scott Walker: A Governor's Perspective on College Spending
In this episode, former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker speaks with ACTA's President Michael Poliakoff. Governor Walker is now leading Young Americans for Freedom -- an organization committed to ensu…
A Higher Ed Reformation: Changing Campus Policy and Culture
In March 2023, ACTA’s second annual Alumni Summit on Free Expression brought together alumni free speech activists and higher education nonprofit leaders from across the country to share knowledge, e…
Free Speech Barriers and Legal Remedies
In March 2023, ACTA hosted its second Alumni Summit on Free Expression in Washington, DC, in partnership with the Alumni Free Speech Alliance (AFSA). More than 100 individuals from various AFSA membe…
Carole Hooven: Cancelled for Scientific Accuracy
ACTA's Steven McGuire interviews Carole Hooven, whose book titled T: The Story of Testosterone, the Hormone that Dominates and Divides Us, was published in 2021. Hooven is currently an associate at …
Jonathan Marks: "Liberal Education Corrects Our Narrowness"
Jonathan Marks has been an educator for almost a quarter century, and is currently Professor and Chair of Politics and International Relations at Ursinus College. He has published on modern and conte…