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Similarities in Regents Appointments Echo Between Texas, Iowa

By Meghan Malloy They may go to each other for advice on 2012 and other gubernatorial matters, but when it comes to education in Iowa, Gov. Terry Branstad isn’t necessarily looking to Gov. Rick Perry‘s Texas as an education reform template, though similarities between the states is keeping Branstad on Democrats’ and educators’ notices. Controversy … Continue reading »

Texas Higher Education Board Praises Universities’ Progress

By Diego Cruz The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is expected to release an annual report today saying Texas universities have improved their standing among peer states since 2000 but continue to face challenges. The state agency launched the “Closing the Gaps” initiative as a blueprint for state institutions of higher education with the goal … Continue reading »

UT – Research Isn’t Sole Issue

By Dave Player Now that Harry Potter has finally defeated Voldemort, we can return to dealing with the other You-Know-Who. We’re talking, of course, about Rick O’Donnell and his funding-eaters at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.

8 Costs to Cut When Sending Your Child to College

By Marina Shifrin No matter if your child attends a public university or a private university, we all agree that tuition costs are high. One way to offset the cost of tuition is to avoid spending your money on items that aren’t necessary for your student’s college success. 1. An Unlimited Meal Plan Considering the … Continue reading »

Educators Cut Costs, Streamline Management and Go Green

VMware Desktop Virtualization Solutions Improve Student Access to Technology While Paving the Way for a More Sustainable Future PALO ALTO, CA, Jul 28, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — VMware, Inc. VMW -0.74% , the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced growing momentum for desktop virtualization with VMware View(TM) and VMware ThinApp(R) as … Continue reading »

Making Our Economy Stronger: The Need for High-Skilled Immigration Reform

By Austan Goolsbee It is one of the great American stories, repeated countless times over decades.  An immigrant to the US, sitting in a lab or a company or even at home, working to start a company that ends up becoming a great American success story. Some of our greatest companies began exactly this way.  … Continue reading »

How Perry Could Win

  The Texas governor has executive experience, conservative cred, success generating jobs, and pizzazz. Jill Lawrence on why he could roll over a lackluster GOP field. By Jill Lawrence The last time delegations of Republican moneymen and strategists were descending on Austin, the GOP ended up with a presidential nominee who went the distance. Twice. … Continue reading »

How Administrations Undermine Their Faculties. By Benjamin Ginsberg

By Benjamin Ginsberg It’s no secret that America’s colleges and universities have become bastions of political rectitude. This is often attributed to the left-liberal political orientation of the faculty. Typically, however, the administration, not the faculty, is the driving force behind efforts to promote campus diversity, to build multicultural programming and to regulate campus speech. 

Rick Perry is George W. Bush 2.0 – And That’s a Good Thing. By Solomon Kleinsmith

By Solomon Kleinsmith I don’t have as much of a feel for Texas Governor Rick Perry’s place along the political spectrum as I do for, say, Michelle Bachmann – but from his early positioning he does seem to be going after the same general area of the GOP tent. The buzz around his candidacy makes … Continue reading »

Why is cattle-call airlines SWA's CEO Gary Kelly picking a fight with R Gov's Scott and Perry? http://bit.ly/pN5cgZ #politicallydumb— Peggy Venable (@pvenable) July 27, 2011

ESPN Serves Dual Role as UT Partner, Foe. By David Barron.

Court fight over documents proceeds while network is built. By DAVID BARRON At 32nd Street and Interstate 35 in Austin, site of the under-construction studios of the Longhorn Network, ESPN and the University of Texas are business partners. About 2½ miles to the southwest, ESPN and the UT System are litigants, aligned on opposite sides … Continue reading »

Publisher Brings Texas Higher Ed Debate, ‘seven solutions,’ to This Month’s D Magazine. By Mary Lee Grant

By Mary Lee Grant American Independent D magazine’s publisher Wick Allison brought the debate over Texas higher education reform to his magazine’s pages this month, supporting the “seven breakthrough solutions” backed by Jeff Sandefer and the Texas Public Policy Foundation, and taking Texas’ public universities to task for their recent performance. Allison writes that Rice … Continue reading »

Higher ed chief Paredes: Finishing Degrees Now Texas’ Top Priority. By Melissa Ludwig

By Melissa Ludwig SAN ANTONIO — Texas is mostly on track to hit higher education goals set for 2015, but the state must shift its focus from recruiting students to helping them finish their degrees, Raymund Paredes, Texas commissioner of higher education, said Tuesday. “We have spent an awful lot of time over the past … Continue reading »

Are Dems Worried About Losing Latinos?

By Jeff Winkler On Friday the Democratic National Committee launched its first presidential ad of the 2012 cycle, and it was in Spanish. In preparation for the 2012 presidential election, it seems both Democrats and Republicans have begun reaching out early to a coveted voting bloc: Los Independiente. Look no further than Barack Obama’s Monday … Continue reading »

How Did the Provost Make Such an Elementary Mistake

In response to the below article, people should be asking the following questions: How did the provost make such an elementary mistake? Anyone who has worked with state agency budgets knows the difference between an FTE and a real person.  What do you think? UT provost claim inaccurate. By Rick O’Donnell A story in Thursday’s … Continue reading »