Who Really Owns the 2012 Hispanic Vote?
By Glenn Llopis The Immigrant’s Perspective As the 2012 Presidential campaign begins and questions loom about who the GOP front runner will be and Obama’s second term fate; there is […]
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Rick Perry, Republicans’ Lone Star
By Stewart J Lawrence Rick Perry speaking at the Republican leadership conference in New Orleans earlier this month; he may announce his candidacy for the presidential nomination shortly. Photograph: Lee […]
The Missing Link Between STEM Education and Jobs of the Future
By James Dyson As the U.S. aims to create new jobs requiring highly skilled workers, the next generation of engineers are needed now more than ever As a boy, I […]
The Forgotten Half – Young Adults Who Are Unprepared to Enter Work Force
By ERIKA NIEDOWSKIJohn Russo’s chemical lab in North Kingstown has been growing in recent years, even despite a deflated economy, and he expects to add another 15 to 20 positions […]
Race and Ethnicity in Digital Technology
By Gretchen Livingston Latinos are less likely than whites to access the internet, have a home broadband connection or own a cell phone, according to survey findings from the Pew […]
Finally – Student Voices Can Weigh in on Education Debt
By Ben Mangan Traditionally, the story of American prosperity goes something like this: study hard, stay focused you’ll be able to get the education you need for your share of […]
Academic Purgatory – An Illegal Immigrant Earns a Ph.D.
No matter what your views are on immigration and education, obtaining answers, or even knowing what to ask is a very complicated challenge to the future of our nation. Immigration […]
With New Lists, Federal Government Moves to Help Consumers and Prod Colleges to Limit Price Increases
By Beckie Supiano and Elyse Ashburn Washington Colleges have stumbled into an age of accountability. The government and the public are evermore interested in holding them responsible: for what students […]
How Much Should College Really Cost?
By Rick Hess In the past two decades, the cost of a college education has risen steadily. Tuition and fees have increased at twice the rate of inflation, outstripping growth […]
Schools Embrace the iPad – Embracing the Extended Classroom
Joshua Lott for The New York Times Max Mashal, a sixth grader, used his iPad at Pinnacle Peak Elementary School in Scottsdale, Ariz. By WINNIE HU ROSLYN HEIGHTS, N.Y. — […]
US Should Read Into e-book Use
A movement is afoot in Florida to revolutionize our textbooks, and it’s time that we all got on board with it. A recent article on the blog GOOD.is reported that […]
Schools Across the Country Have Abandoned Their Educational Obligations
Academic Freedom ACTA President Anne Neal has posted the following in response to another article about donor intent: Believers in academic excellence and academic freedom can count on Cary Nelson […]
Gov. Perry Appoints Individuals Based on Their Qualifications, Willingness to Serve
By Mary Lee Grant A&M regents are expected to name Jay Kimbrough to a pair of top positions later this week. While Texas A&M’s choice of an interim chancellor is […]
Texas Tech Using Cost/productivity Data to Form 2011-2012 Budget
By Patrick Brendel The release of data on individual faculty members’ salary and productivity has sent shockwaves through the world of Texas higher education, pitting agitators for “transparency” and “accountability” […]
UT Advisor O’Donnell’s Depature Has not Quieted the Controversy
Rick O’Donnell: The TT Interview By Reeve Hamilton Rick O’Donnell’s time as an adviser at the University of Texas System may have been brief, but his presence was felt more […]
Debating Rick Perry: Why a Candidate’s Record Isn’t That Important to Getting Nominated
By Jonathan Bernstein How important are governing accomplishments to a candidate seeking the presidential nomination? The question arises because Abby Rapoport has written a takedown for TNR of Rick Perry’s […]
McKinney Denies he Was Pushed Out By A&M Regents
By MELISSA LUDWIG SAN ANTONIO — In his last week on the job as chancellor of the Texas A&M University System, Mike McKinney said he disagrees with some ideas being […]
Texas Charts its Own Educational Course
By Jim Stergios With 45 state and other jurisdictions signing on to the national standards, a few big holdouts remain, including importantly Texas, Virginia, and partially Minnesota. There are noises […]
Empower Texans Fiscal Responsibility Index: 82nd Session
The Fiscal Responsibility Index is a measurement of how lawmakers perform on size and role of government issues. We use exemplar votes on core budget and free enterprise issues that […]
How to Train U.S. Workers Back Into Manufacturing Jobs
Despite gloomy job prospects, many American manufacturers are on the prowl for top talent, but say that not enough workers are trained for the tasks. By Elizabeth G. Olson, contributor […]
Former UT adviser O’Donnell Says Zaffirini Mounted a Campaign to Demonize the Regents
By Mary Lee Gran A $70,000 settlement could have bought peace between the University of Texas System and former special adviser Rick O’Donnell, but O’Donnell, who was fired April 19, […]
Universities Turn to Outsourced Instructors
By Didi Tang But the teachers won’t be on the university payroll. They work for St. Petersburg-based Poynter Institute, a non-profit journalism training group, which has agreed to supply the […]
“Faculty productivity” is a Hot Topic.
How to Justify Our Paychecks By Stanley N. Katz “Faculty productivity” is hot. In part, that’s due to what I think of as “the Texas wars.” First came the skirmish […]
Graduate Quota
TX State funding changes focus less on enrollment By Connie Thompson Enrolling for classes is no longer enough. This Congressional term, marked by budget cuts and fund reallocation, has yet […]
Texas ‘Bird-Hunting Rule’ May Help Governor Perry Launch White House Bid
By Darrell Preston and David Mildenberg Rick Perry built his career as the longest-serving U.S. governor using the “bird-hunting rule of Texas politics,” fellow Republican Bill Ratliff said. “You shoot […]
Emails Give Insight Into UT Controversy
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz At the height of a controversy about the direction of the school’s governing board earlier this year, the chairman of the University of Texas System regents […]
There’s Little Hope in Land of the Fees
By Gavin Moodie RECENTLY, the University of Texas system, which includes nine universities with more than 190,000 students, released a spreadsheet of 821 pages of information on its 13,000 academic […]
UT System Issues Updated Faculty “Productivity” Data
By Reeve Hamilton In early May, when the University of Texas System released much anticipated data used to measure faculty productivity, it came with a caveat: users were warned that […]
UT Board Chairman Disputes Fired Official’s Account
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz The chairman of the University of Texas System Board of Regents issued a statement today taking issue with comments by former system official Rick O’Donnell in […]
Who pays for O’Donnell’s Settlement With the UT System?
By Viviana Aldous After months of controversy surrounding the hiring of Rick O’Donnell, former director of Colorado’s higher education department, as a special adviser to the UT Board of Regents, […]
Rick O’Donnell, UT System Agree to Settlement
By Reeve Hamilton Updated 2:00 p.m.: Barry Burgdorf, vice chancellor and general counsel at the University of Texas System, said the decision to settle the matter was based on “pure […]
$70,000 Deal in Hand, ex-UT Official Rips Educators, Lawmaker
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz A $70,000 settlement between the University of Texas System and a former system official seeks, among other things, to “buy peace,” as the agreement released Monday […]
A&M System May Name Jay Kimbrough Interim Chancellor
By Reeve Hamilton On Monday morning, the Texas Secretary of State posted a notice for a special meeting of the Texas A&M University System on Thursday for the purpose of […]
Is Toilet Paper More Valuable Than Professor Research?
By Lynn O’Shaughnessy Should professors work as hard as lawyers, physicians, accountants and other highly educated professionals? Evidence from workload data from the University of Texas at Austin suggests […]
Dallas Ranks Terribly on College Degrees
By Wick Allison (plus comments) A research report by G. Scott Thomas for the Business Journals Digital, an arm of the DBJ’s parent company, places Dallas-Fort Worth as 115th amid […]
Paying for College: 7 Most Costly Myths and Mistakes
By Kathy Kristof What’s the most expensive purchase you’ll ever make? If you’re about to say “a house,” stop and think for another second. Did your house cost $250,000 plus […]
University Needs to Work with State and Commission
The University and the Indiana Commission of Higher Education need to work together in order to make tuition increases a last resort. Legislators heard from the commission last week and […]
US College Fees Soar
The spectacular rise in US college tuition fees is becoming a serious problem for students and many American families as they grapple with the worst economic crisis since the 1930s. […]
Lawmaker Says Digital Learning is Key to Education Reform
By Tiffany Teasley Replacing the traditional course with a computer, that’s what state Sen. Bill Coley says is part of the solution towards reforming Ohio’s education system long-term. “The digital learning, […]
U.S. Needs An Additional 20 Million College Graduates By 2025
Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce released a new reportshowing that the United States is not producing enough college-educated workers to meet economic needs and reduce income inequality. […]
Tech System Names Vice Chancellor for Distance, Online Learning
By Walt Nett Tim Hudson, a member of the chancellor’s staff at the University of Houston System, has been named to vice chancellorship in distance learning in the Texas Tech […]
Make the U.S. Competitive or Protect Jobs for Americans?
Bill to increase visas to foreign workers in U.S. The first “brain drain” we heard about was the most intelligent, skilled individuals of other countries leaving and coming to the […]
Government Role in Education – A History Lesson
The degree of legal authority that elected government officials or their appointees exert, directly or indirectly, over public and private education. Unlike most foreign nations, where central governments or official […]
Sending Students to Poor Performing Middle High School
A look at the elementary schools whose students are promoted to one of the worst performing middle and high schools in the state and what they are doing to change […]
FTC’s Brill: New online privacy tools needed
By Grant Gross IDG News Service – An old privacy model in which websites gave consumers notice about what information they were collecting and allowed them to opt out isn’t […]
Gov. Perry: Create Environment Where Jobs Can be Created
By Hiram Reisner Texas Gov. Rick Perry says while government cannot create jobs, it can facilitate job creation. The potential presidential candidate also told Fox News’ Glenn Beck Monday individual […]
Audio: UT Student Leaders Discuss Higher Ed Reform
By Reeve Hamilton Enlargephoto by: Todd Wiseman Natalie Butler and Christopher Covo, are both student leaders from public universities in Texas. But they find themselves on different sides of […]
Should Perry, Romney Team Up?
Austin-Boston connection helped JFK’s 1960 campaign for White House By JOE HOLLEY DEBATE SPONSOR ‘WAITING FOR PERRY’ The organizers of the next GOP presidential debate, scheduled for mid-July in Las […]
Controversy Deflected Attention From Important Work
Fired UT advisor Rick O’Donnell gets $70,000 settlement By MELISSA LUDWIG The University of Texas System has settled for $70,000 with a former special adviser who threatened to sue after […]
High School Grads Picking Community College, Other Affordable Colleges
By Elizabeth Doran Jamesville-DeWitt High School senior Alexis Wilson dreamed of attending Houston Baptist University and loved it even more after touring the school last summer. She was accepted there, […]
