Source: A&M prez, Big 12 Talked Split
Information from ESPN college football reporter Joe Schad and The Associated Press was used in this report. Texas A&M president R. Bowen Loftin had a phone conversation with Missouri chancellor […]
Category Archives: Excellence
UT Board of Regents Approves $30 Million Dollar Medical Program
By Mark Nino The Board of Regents for the University of Texas has approved a $30 million dollar plan to expand educational programs and recruit faculty in the Rio Grande […]
Voters Get Say on 10 Constitutional Amendments
Written by Bill Conrad, bconrad@acnpapers.com The future of state-issued college loans is in the hands of Texas voters. A proposed amendment to the Texas Constitution would allow the sale of […]
Tuition Costs Rise as State Funding Falls
Written by Liza Winkler This spring Texas State students can expect to shell out more money for tuition due to budget cuts made to higher education in the recent legislative […]
Study: Half of Texas’ Students Have Been Suspended or Expelled
Written by Aricka Flowers, UOPX Writer Network Are American schools too harsh when it comes to discipline? A new study by the Council of State Governments Justice Center has some […]
New Models for Status Quo Universities
Written by Jeff Sandefer Is it possible to create a new type of public university, where professors and administrators make clear promises to their students and deliver an exceptional […]
EduJax: Teachers unions need to take lead; virtual schools see value in classrooms
Submitted by Jeff Reece EduJax Jennifer Jennings, an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at New York University, has spent a lot of time studying how accountability systems affect […]
The Fight to Fix America’s Schools
By Nick Summers Legal journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill turns to education reform in a new book, ‘Class Warfare.’ Brill talks to Nick Summers about the crisis in America’s […]
Five Big Education Ideas Headed TN’s Way
State looks to be at forefront of movement <img src="http://cmsimg.tennessean.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=DN&Date=20110828&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=308280084&Ref=AR&MaxW=640&Border=0&Five-big-education-ideas-headed-TN-s-way" alt="Tennessee is gaining a reputation as a testing ground for educational trends.” /> Written by Julie Hubbard | The Tennessean […]
Majoring in debt: Some Asking if College is Worth Cost
Recent grads are finding themselves swamped by bills for their education. By Terrie Morgan-Besecker tmorgan@timesleader.com Law & Order Reporter Justin Kozloski of Dallas job shadowing reporters at The Times Leader. […]
Support Emerges for Higher Education Overhaul
Reporter: Lilly Rockwell, The News Service of Florida Gov. Rick Scott may have one crucial ally in his nascent effort to overhaul higher education in Florida: State University System Chancellor […]
UT System as a Leader in Productivity and Excellence
UT System Chancellor Francisco G. Cigarroa Presents Action Plan to Position UT System as a Leader in Productivity and Excellence AUSTIN – The University of Texas System Board of Regents […]
UT Chancellor Lays Out Broad Plan for Higher Education Reform
New reform framework unites critics and supporters of ‘seven breakthrough solutions’ By Teddy Wilson In much-anticipated remarks to the University of Texas Board of Regents Thursday, Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa laid […]
APF and America’s Next Impact Statement on UT Board of Regents Meeting.
Statement on UT Board of Regents Meeting AUSTIN – Americans for Prosperity Foundation State Director Peggy Venable, and America’s Next Impact Director Chris Covo, issued the following statements today in […]
Texas-Size Compromise
Written by Kevin Kiley Inside Texas Governor Rick Perry is surging in polls for the Republican nomination for president, but Francisco Cigarroa might be the Texan with the biggest political […]
Increasing Input in Budget Decisions
Written by The Daily Texan Editorial Board Earlier this month, President William Powers Jr. announced that the University Budget Council will be expanded to include a student and a faculty […]
President Powers Steers UT in New Directions
By Francis D. Fisher While you were away from Austin this summer, President William Powers Jr. set new goals for UT. He shifted from seeking money to finance the ever-escalating […]
Cigarroa receives wide support for reforms
Written By Curt Olson Curt W. Olson COlson@TexasBudgetSource.com The debate that raged over the cost, productivity, and efficiency of higher education in Texas calmed swiftly Thursday with the announcement of […]
UT Board Approves Changes
By Melissa Ludwig The University of Texas Board of Regents on Thursday approved an action plan to raise quality and productivity at its 15 institutions in an era of declining […]
UT Takes First Step In Reform
Written by MQSullivan Responding to calls for reform in higher education, the chancellor of the University of Texas today unveiled a plan that takes a good first step at improving […]
Rick Perry Is a Higher-Education Visionary. Seriously.
Written by Kevin Carey Rick Perry is wrong about many things, including (but not limited to) the reality of climate change, the treasonous nature of quantitative easing, and the execution […]
UT Regents Bless Cigarroa Plan
Written by Reeve Hamilton Enlargephoto by: Bob Daemmrich Chancellor Dr. Fransisco Cigarroa at the University of Texas Board of Regents meeting in Austin on May 11, 2011. At this morning’s […]
Justin Keener, Spokesman for Texas Business for Higher Education
Statement by Justin Keener, spokesman for Texas Business for Higher Education, in response to today’s plan outlined by University of Texas System Chancellor Cigarroa: “This plan is a promising first […]
Online Enterprises Gain Foothold as Path to a College Degree
Mike Terry for The New York Times Mariah Long, who got a degree online from Western Governors University while in Germany, went to graduation in Utah. By TAMAR LEWIN Harvard […]
Putting a Human Face on Higher Education Cost Explosion
Written by: William Lutz Americans for Prosperity Texas held a news conference commemorating the first day of school. Several college students came and discussed their concern about student debt and […]
Coalition Commends chancellor Cigarroa’s Leadership, Praises action Plan as Blueprint for Quality, Excellence in Texas Higher Education System
This morning at the University of Texas System Board of Regents meeting Chancellor Cigarroa unveiled an “action plan” that puts concrete steps toward implementing the Framework for Advancing Excellence, which […]
UT Regents Expected to Establish Commercialization Fund
Written by Ralph K.M. Haurwitz AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF University of Texas System regents today are expected to establish a $10 million fund to help commercialize new technologies, inventions and other intellectual […]
Outstanding Teaching in University of Texas System Institutions Recognized by the Board of Regents
AUSTIN, Texas — The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System has recognized 72 faculty members from institutions within the system for outstanding teaching, including 34 faculty members […]
The Three “I’s” of Higher Ed Reform
Written by Richard Vedder For constructive change to happen anywhere, you need to know what needs changing, have the desire to make the needed reforms, and have the means to […]
Coalition Encouraged by Announcement Joint Oversight Committee
The below statement is from the Texas Coalition for Excellence in Higher Education in response to yesterday’s announcement by Senator Zaffirini and Representative Branch that the first public hearing of […]
Big Things Brewing at UT
Original post by mludwig Thursday’s meeting of the University of Texas Board of Regents will be a newsy one for those following the debate over higher education in Texas. After […]
Before UT Regents Meeting, Groups Call for Higher Ed Changes
Written by Reeve Hamilton Texas Tribune AFP Students One day before the start of one of the most important University of Texas Board of Regents meetings of the year, conservative […]
Scott Explores Changes in Higher Education
By Denise-Marie Balona, Orlando Sentinel Gov. Rick Scott is exploring dramatic higher-education reforms that are similar to those already under way in Florida’s public school districts. Patterned after reforms being […]
Learning the Hard Way
The reformers who want to save the public schools are starting to make a difference, against ferocious opposition Written By JOEL KLEIN Like so many debates in America today, the […]
Praising Excellence in Higher Education
Written by Jeff Sandefer One of the great joys of being a teacher is getting the chance to work with other teachers who change the lives of students.Just this week […]
Online Nonprofit University Needs Support
Written my by Marcus Smith In an era of online universities and their reputation of being nothing more than worthless degree mills, Gov. Rick Perry’s executive order to establish Western […]
Esther Cepeda: Two Scary Questions for College Students
By Esther Cepeda, Washington Post Writers Group I recently explored the distressing trend of higher education devolving into an ultra-expensive job-training program rather than giving students the opportunity to discover […]
The Global Search for Education: More Focus on Change
Written by Linda Darling-Hammond and C. M. Rubin Early Steps to School Success, Save the Children US Programs (photo: Rick D’Elia) “I saw crumbling schools that are stealing the future […]
Emerging Solutions
By Kevin Kiley George O. Wood, chief executive officer of the Assemblies of God, a Pentecostal Christian denomination, talks often about the Feeding of the 5,000, a biblical story in […]
Student Debt: Only A Little Scary
By Lesley Ryder Recent Hamilton graduate for Huffington Post With the rising costs of education, student debt seems to be as much a graduation requirement as course credits and thesis […]
Texas Continues Building on Higher Ed Successes
New laws are boosting state’s higher education effort. By Gov. Rick Perry / Special to the Express-News Last week, Texas partnered with the Western Governors University in the creation of […]
Gov. Perry Right to Question Skyrocketing Cost of College. By Mona Charen
By Mona Charen Anticipating his entry into the presidential race, the Washington Post ran a long piece on Texas Governor Rick Perry’s ideas about higher education. “A man of grand […]
Higher Education Reform Meets Professor X. By Dr. Ronald L. Trowbridge
By Dr. Ronald L. Trowbridge The controversy over reform in Texas higher education has confused the public. Which side is right? Watching a charge from one side, then a counter-charge […]
D.C. Blogger Perpetuates Media Myths
By Weston Hicks Washington Post blogger Jennifer Rubin provided an example of why Republicans have been losing for so long today, when she dismissed Rick Perry in strong terms for […]
Planking for Higher Education Reform
Many students across the UT Campus planked to protest higher education costs. American’s for Prosperity claims that student loan debt in America has reached $1 trillion and they want the […]
Accountability in Higher Ed: Pick Your Poison. By Andrew Gillen
By Andrew Gillen I understand where the higher ed establishment is coming from when the government starts making noises about holding them accountable. Nobody likes others questioning their performance, least […]
Frank Talk, Debate on the Future of Texas Universities. By Rick O’Donnell
Teaching and research must continue to be linked for excellence. By Rick O’Donnell Fierce debates continue to rage in Texas about the future of our universities. As is often the […]
Faculty Productivity Is Coming. By Mark Bauerlein
By Mark Bauerlein Readers of Brainstorm may have seen the survey of Chief Financial Officers whose results the Chronicle summarized here and here and here and, most importantly, here. The […]
UT Chancellor Reflects on Feud Over Faculty Standards, Budget Struggles. By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz Not too many people perform liver transplants in their spare time. Francisco Cigarroa says it keeps him grounded. Cigarroa’s day job since February 2009 has been […]
Reducing College Costs: Nitty-Gritty Research is Valid.
‘Yes, Some Teachers Do Very Little’ By Richard Vedder A huge brouhaha has erupted over the release and interpretation of data about the faculty of the University of Texas, centering […]
