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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 the information had not been verified and could not yield “accurate analysis, interpretations or conclusions.” Today, the UT System released an updated data set. Even … Continue reading »

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 an American-Statesman story. Here’s the statement: “The comments made by Rick O’Donnell in today’s Austin American-Statesman with regard to his recollection of interactions with the … Continue reading »

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, the UT System reached a settlement with O’Donnell to avoid a lawsuit against it, according to The Daily Texan. Soon after the System hired O’Donnell … Continue reading »

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 and simple economics.” In fact, the amount of the settlement is less than O’Donnell would have been paid if he had remained a system employee … Continue reading »

$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 puts it. But any peace the UT System obtained with its money and a glowing letter from the chairman of the Board of Regents about … Continue reading »

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 appointing a deputy chancellor and an interim chancellor. The man for both jobs may be Jay Kimbrough, a former chief of staff to Gov. Rick … Continue reading »

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 that the professorial ranks include many loafers. After analyzing the preliminary numbers, The Center for College Productivity and Affordability, a higher-ed think tank, argued that … Continue reading »

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 metropolitan areas with the percentage of 18-34 year-olds with a college degree or higher. We have 1,620,281 in that age cohort, and only 336,310 hold … Continue reading »

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 four years’ wages? That’s the cost of a private college education these days. The cost of public schools, while cheaper, is still likely to exceed … Continue reading »

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 hope to meet with Purdue in August. Through these talks, these three groups need to come up with a solution other than increasing tuition. Recent … Continue reading »

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. In the past week Michigan State University announced a 7 percent tuition hike, Oklahoma State University raised its tuition by 4.8 percent and the University … Continue reading »

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, the blended method of teaching gives you a way to tailor instruction to each individual student, and reach 100 percent of the students, it’s very … Continue reading »

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. As reported by The Chronicle of Higher Education, the report, by Anthony P. Carnevale and Stephen J. Rose, found that the nation has been producing … Continue reading »

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 System, Chancellor Kent Hance announced this morning. Hudson, special assistant to the chancellor for international programs and initiatives at the University of Houston System, will … Continue reading »

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 United States. Foreign students would come to the U.S. for higher education and then stay (or try to) and use their degree to get a … Continue reading »

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