WT students take the hit unjustly
An injustice likely is about to be perpetrated on West Texas A&M University students. To be clear, the source of the injustice isn’t at the WT campus headquarters in Canyon. […]
Monthly Archives: February 2012
CU regent: Outcry over administrators’ raises killed 15.7% tuition hike
State lawmakers hear testimony from regents about higher-ed transparency By Brittany Anas, Camera Staff Writer
Bill seeks to eliminate state Department of Education, put more responsibility on Iowa Board of regents
BY KRISTEN EAST Republican legislators say a bill that would eliminate the Iowa Department of Education and the state Board of Education will lead to more discussion about the quality […]
UT tenure review policy receives mixed reaction from faculty
By Teddy Wilson UT Austin Tower The debate surrounding higher education in Texas has affected the state’s colleges in different ways, and now it appears that the faculty at the […]
Students push for voting power in higher education
By Ben Miller Undergraduate government officers are seeking to place a student representative who would be able to vote on matters from tuition increases to presidential appointments on the state’s […]
Chasing an illusion in college admissions -
Editorial Board Statesman For decades, the courts have tried to settle the use of race in university admissions only to find that when they grant satisfaction in one case, dissatisfaction […]
Tool estimates education’s cost
Lee Bierer Lee Bierer is an independent college adviser based in Charlotte. Whenever I’ve written about financial aid issues, it’s always been directed toward high school seniors, but a […]
Wealthy Colleges See Spike In Fundraising – UT Austin #11
by Krishnadev Calamur There are college rankings, and there are college rankings: the nation’s top colleges, the best basketball teams, the top party schools. Here’s another: a list of 20 […]
WT mulls tuition hike – “Across the country, it’s gotten tough to pay for college.”
By Yann Ranaivo yann.ranaivo@amarillo.com West Texas A&M University officials will discuss possible tuition and fee increases of up to $150 per semester when they meet with students at the end […]
The Changing Value of Tenure
by Jeff Sandefer There’s something interesting happening when a professor—at a prestigious university no less—gives up his hard-won tenure to pursue an entrepreneurial opportunity in innovative education.
Longhorns Who Take Too Long
By Mitch Smith Partly in response to outside criticism that its four-year graduation rate of 50 percent is too low, the University of Texas at Austin outlined a number of […]
Texas A&M president proposes tuition hike
By VIMAL PATEL vimal.patel@theeagle.com Texas A&M president R. Bowen Loftin proposes a 3.95 percent rise in student tuition at a hearing Wednesday.
Commissioner addresses average
By Rachel Mehlhaff / Staff Writer Denton Record-Chronicle DALLAS — Texas’ higher education commissioner told the University of North Texas Board of Regents that higher education in Texas has worked […]
UT-Austin Unveils Plan to Boost Graduation Rates – by Reeve Hamilton
Updated, 5:30 p.m Wed.: UT-Austin President Bill Powers issued a campus-wide email this afternoon acknowledging his receipt of the task force’s recommendations to boost the school’s four-year graduation rate to […]
UT panel recommends steps to boost graduation rate
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz A panel of faculty members and students at the University of Texas today recommended a host of measures, including mandatory freshman orientation and stepped-up advising, to […]
Want Latinos’ votes? Ease college access – by Bill Maxwell
Bill Maxwell – The Tampa Tribune. A few days before Florida’s Republican primary, former Gov. Jeb Bush wrote a column suggesting ways the GOP could win the Hispanic
Post-tenure reviews will be good for UT campuses
Some professors at Texas university campuses have had a rude awakening, and at least a few are very unhappy. On Thursday, University of Texas System regents unanimously endorsed a call […]
Odds and ends from UT regents’ meeting – By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz- AMERICAN-STATESMAN Jottings from a reporter’s notebook following a two-day meeting this week of the University of Texas System Board of Regents at UT-San Antonio :
Why Do I Think This Is Just Window-Dressing?
By Jane S. Shaw For a while, Texas was the hotbed of academic reform. A few regents, at least, were serious about improving faculty productivity, and the Texas Public Policy Foundation […]
UT regents approve new rules for faculty reviews – By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz – AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF University of Texas System regents have firmed up rules on reviewing the performance of tenured faculty members at the system’s nine academic and […]
UT Regents Could Heighten Professor Scrutiny – by Reeve Hamilton and Paul Theobald
by Reeve Hamilton and Paul Theobald When the University of Texas System regents meet in San Antonio this week, they’ll have accountability on the agenda — everything from professor performance […]
The partial budget picture – Viewpoint
By The Daily Texan Editorial Board In March, the UT System Board of Regents will likely raise tuition for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 academic years, per President William Powers Jr.’s […]
Tuition discussions stay closed to committee members despite requests to open them
By Liz Farmer The UT System Board of Regents are not set to discuss making Tuition Policy Advisory Committee meetings open to the public as requested by the Young Conservatives […]
The Real Problems in Higher Ed – By Jeff Sandefer
By Jeff Sandefer – Even federal largesse can’t prop up a doomed business model forever – ‘Race to the Top” federal handouts, increasing Pell Grants, and executive-branch decrees won’t lower […]
Higher education in 2012: a global perspective
Eliza Anyangwe In the last of our (The Guardian) predictions series, we ask HE leaders in the US, Australia, India and South Africa to share what trends and issues could […]
Officials, parents concerned about new tests
By Jacob Mayer – jacob.mayer@amarillo.com Parents, school and business leaders — and even an ex-lawmaker who once voted for it — are expressing alarm about new, more-rigorous standardized testing for […]
