UT Regent Chairman Powell Interview
Here you have it. The words straight from The Chairman; Gene Powell. I an excellent interview by Jake Silverstein of the Texas Monthly the Chairman expressed his thoughts on Higher […]
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Same jersey, same goal – UT Student Regent Ashley Purgason
By Ashley Purgason Serving as the student regent on the University of Texas System Board of Regents offers me a unique perspective. I travel the state visiting the 15 UT […]
UT to deliver records for regent’s review
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz – American-Statesman Staff The chief financial officer of the University of Texas and a member of its governing board have reached a truce, at least for […]
New investigations of UT Law School Foundation begin
By Andrew Messamore Daily Texan As the attorney general investigates the University of Texas Law School Foundation, legislators and former Foundation trustees are continuing to hammer out the fine line […]
Lack of oversight in UT Law Foundation – Change Ahead
By Megan Strickland, Alexa Ura of Daily Texan Recent public battles over lack of oversight in the University of Texas Law Foundation threaten to bring substantial changes to a complex […]
Texas Tribune Guest Column: The UT Story Not Being Told
by Alex Cranberg University of Texas System Regent Alex Cranberg The University of Texas Board of Regents has been getting more than its fair share of press lately, but often […]
UT: Only Regents Can Reform Higher Education
Guest Column by Thomas K. Lindsay for Texas Weekly Higher education, in Texas and nationally, faces a crisis. Studies testify to grade inflation’s erosion of standards (An “A” is the […]
The Next Generation: Compete in a Global Market?
Teens from 9 cities in the United States, India and the United Kingdom give a thundering answer in a global business plan competition that culminated The Indus Entrepreneurs`TiE Young Entrepreneurs […]
Powers outside deal with UT Law Foundation?
Here is something to think about tonight… Who is the is the real Bill Powers? Is there proof of an outside deal between Powers and the UT Law Foundation? Time […]
UT “shooting war” is Inflammatory.
Let’s take a temperate step back from the “shooting war” between the University of Texas regents and the president of UT-Austin. It is understandable why otherwise sensible people might let […]
Influence Peddling at UT Austin?
Here’s an academic question – or more precisely, a story about academics at the University of Texas at Austin: What’s the difference between trying to influence others’ views and “influence […]
UT Regents: External Review of UT and UT Law Foundation.
Lawmakers, Observers React to Tense UT System Meeting by Reeve Hamilton of Texas Tribune photo by: Bob Daemmrich Longtime employees of the University of Texas System said they could not […]
Chairman defends UT regents
The chairman of the University of Texas System Board of Regents on Friday released a statement defending his colleagues, some of whom were accused by Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst of […]
Rick Perry says regents must decide Powers fate
By TODD J. GILLMAN Washington Bureau tgillman@dallasnews.com WASHINGTON — Gov. Rick Perry did little Friday to tamp down suspicions that he’d like to engineer the ouster of Bill Powers, the […]
UT Regents Approved Fixed Tuition Rates
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ University of Texas System regents have ordered their schools to offer students a four-year fixed-rate tuition option by fall 2014.
UT Joins Harvard-MIT EdX Online Venture
By David Mildenberg – The University of Texas System plans to put up $5 million to join the EdX online venture,
UNH president Huddleston Lays out re-funding Strategy
By Paul Briand news@seacoastonline.com DURHAM — University of New Hampshire President Mark Huddleston on Thursday laid out a plan to try to convince the Legislature to restore the $38 million […]
IU Announces New Path to Tuition Relief
Indiana University officials unveiled their latest response to a growing tuition backlash: A tuition freeze for upperclassmen on track to graduate on time.
Tuition freeze in the Works at University of Minnesota
Article by: JENNA ROSS, Star Tribune The University of Minnesota is offering lawmakers a trade: more state funding for a tuition freeze for undergraduates.
Birdwell to Renew Fight Against In-State Tuition Policy
by Reeve Hamilton of Texas Tribune State Senator Brian Birdwell D-22 Republican. In 2011, during his first regular session, state Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury, filed a bill to repeal […]
Rick Perry Calls For Frozen Tuition At State Universities In Texas
The Huffington Post | By Tyler Kingkade Texas Gov. Rick Perry doesn’t believe public colleges should be able increase students tuition each year. At the Texas Tribune festival, a three-day […]
Is College a Lousy Investment?
by Megan McArdle Mythomania about college has turned getting a degree into an American neurosis. It’s sending parents to the poorhouse and saddling students with a backpack full of debt […]
Alex Cranberg and Melinda Hill Perrin. Opposing Views on Tuition
Alex Cranberg and Melinida Hill Perrin have opposing views on Tuition increase. We’d like to get your views on the one you feel has the best position. Read carefully, there […]
Two Chancellors Reflect on a Year of Higher Ed Reform
by Reeve Hamilton of texas tribune University of Texas System Chancellor Francisco G. Cigarroa and Texas State University System Chancellor Brian McCall In late August of 2011, both Brian McCall, […]
Region’s colleges look out of state for students, more tuition money
Universities such as MU are importing more students, and more tuition money. By MARÁ ROSE WILLIAMS The Kansas City Star MIKE RANSDELL | The Kansas City Star A growing number […]
More battles loom.
By Jon Marcus Who’s boss? US governing bodies flex their muscles Virginia president keeps her job, but once-inert boards are stirring nationwide.
UC Berkeley to offer free online classes through edX
Edx, founded by Harvard and MIT, will host two not-for-credit UC Berkeley courses this fall. By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles TimesJuly 24, 2012, 6:14 p.m. UC Berkeley announced Tuesday that […]
UC threatening to hold ‘higher education hostage’
Becky Yeh – OneNewsNow Californiacorrespondent An advocate for California taxpayers says the state’s university system is trying to scare voters into passing tax hikes. Meanwhile, salaries of higher-ups within the […]
California. How much would you pay for a country club education?
A great video. Higher education in California isn’t what it used to be. Find out why students are paying higher tuition costs and getting a less comprehensive education in California. […]
What happened at the University of Virginia is probably going to happen again somewhere else.
By Kevin Kiley It likely won’t take the same form – the removal and reinstatement of a university president. But somewhere, sometime, probably sooner rather than later, the governing board […]
We Are Americans – Just Not Legal – Time Mag
We wanted to get your thoughts on this highly controversial issue. Let us know how this effects you. Pick up Time Magazine to read the original article, and read below, […]
UVA Showdown is Set as Board Prepares to Meet
Reported by Henry Graff A showdown to reinstate University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan is set for Tuesday. The University of Virginia Board of Visitors will meet to take another […]
Bill Powers should be giving thanks
By William Lutz Bill Powers should be on his knees giving thanks that he works for two people as patient as Rick Perry and Gene Powell. Compare that with how […]
Tennessee Dems Request Special Session to Freeze Tuition
by Andrea Zelinski Democrats are urging the governor to head off college tuition hikes by calling lawmakers back to Nashville this summer, though their plea is not likely to prompt […]
Entry standards raised to improve SHSU retention, graduation rates
By George Mattingly More students may be able to gain admission into Sam Houston State University after the Texas State University System Board of Regents authorized the university to change […]
Texas A&M: There’s room for improvements
By GLENN DOWLING Special to The Eagle Recent criticism leveled at the A&M Board of Regents by former A&M President Ray Bowen and loyal supporter Jon Hagler was largely justified […]
UT commits to simplify financial aid, college cost information
By Bobby Blanchard The UT System announced its commitment to make information on college costs and financial aid easier to understand and more readily available for students by 2013, according […]
Incoming UT freshmen getting earful on graduating in four years
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz – AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Bill Powers, president of the University of Texas, flashed the hook ‘em sign, then welcomed a group of incoming freshmen with a not-so-subtle […]
Colleges Are Racking Up Debt
The New York Times recently updated their breakdown of college costs and debts, revealing that for-profit schools are not the only bad guys in this troubled economy.
President Bill Powers Jr. and Governor Rick Perry: Trenches and Turf.
The Bill Powers Jr. School of How to Win Friends and Influence People. (Dale Carnegie would be ashamed) Posted by WILLisms Texas is ground zero in the national higher education […]
Regents freeze in-state tuition, fees at UT for two years
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz The governing board of the University of Texas today froze in-state undergraduate tuition and fees for the next two years at the Austin flagship.
$10K degree at UTPB first in Texas
BY CAYLOR BALLINGER The University of Texas of the Permian Basin will be the first university in Texas to offer a $10,000 four-year degree program.
As UT, A&M Regents Meet the Week, Governor Eyes Tuition
by Reeve Hamilton When the regents of the state’s two largest university systems assemble this week — the University of Texas System on Wednesday and Thursday and Texas A&M University […]
Think law school’s expensive? You don’t know the half of it – Outrageous!
By Karen Sloan Law School Transparency executive director Kyle McEntee U.S. News & World Report caused a minor stir in March when it reported that graduates of American Bar Association-accredited […]
A&M, UT tuition hikes
By JIM VERTUNO AUSTIN – Students at most campuses in the University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems would pay more in tuition next fall under proposals scheduled to […]
Outside effort could rekindle UT faculty productivity and tuition increase controversy.
by Reeve Hamilton of Texas Tribune National Group Calls on UT System to Freeze Tuition Enlargephoto by: Todd Wiseman Advocates for a moratorium on tuition increases at public […]
Protesters’ new front – the corruption of higher education
Americans have finally awakened to the decades-long corruption of higher education By Alexander Zaitchik Gan Golan holds a ball and chain representing his college loan debt, during Occupy DC activities […]
Texas Schools Prepare for a New Kind of Posse
by Reeve Hamilton Enlargephoto by: Caleb Bryant Miller The Posse Foundation, NY. Starting this fall, high school seniors in the Houston Independent School District will have an opportunity to […]
Texas school board takes aim at teacher longevity bonuses
By Steve Gunn EAGnews.org KILLEEN, Texas – Bit by bit, school boards around the nation are starting to understand the key to surviving the current recession: cutting unnecessary labor costs […]
CA university slammed for pepper-spraying students
Geoffrey Wildanger, one of the students pepper sprayed by campus police officers at UC-Davis last November, questions members of a task force that looked into the incident, during a town […]
