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WT students take the hit unjustly

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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. It’s coming from sources outside of WT’s control. Are you paying attention, members of the Texas Legislature?

CU regent: Outcry over administrators’ raises killed 15.7% tuition hike

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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

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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 of students’ education.

UT tenure review policy receives mixed reaction from faculty

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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 University of Texas (UT) System colleges are the focus of a new reform.

Students push for voting power in higher education

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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 higher education board.

Chasing an illusion in college admissions -

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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 arises to create another.

Tool estimates education’s cost

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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 new tool in the marketplace has been developed that assists families of high school underclassmen predict the cost of college.

Wealthy Colleges See Spike In Fundraising – UT Austin #11

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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 institutions and the money they received in 2011.

WT mulls tuition hike – “Across the country, it’s gotten tough to pay for college.”

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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 of the month

The Changing Value of Tenure

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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

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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 ambitious proposals Wednesday

Texas A&M president proposes tuition hike

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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

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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 hard to be average.

UT-Austin Unveils Plan to Boost Graduation Rates – by Reeve Hamilton

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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 70 percent by 2016.

UT panel recommends steps to boost graduation rate

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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 boost four-year graduation rates to 70 percent by 2016.

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