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 […]
Category Archives: Tuition
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: Millions of dollars in forgivable loans given to attract faculty.
by Peggy Fikac UT Law Foundation prez: ‘We were wrong, and we’ve stopped it’. The president of the University of Texas Law School Foundation — taken to task by a […]
Better Colleges Failing to Lure Talented Poor
By DAVID LEONHARDT of NYT Most low-income students who have top test scores and grades do not even apply to the nation’s best colleges, according to a new analysis of […]
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,
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
To Boost Efficiency, UT Turns to Business Leaders
by Reeve Hamilton Enlargephoto illustration by: Todd Wiseman Faced with shrinking state appropriations and increasing concerns about college costs, University of Texas President Bill Powers is reaching out to the […]
Four Potential Futures of the College System
by Clark Aldrich Unschooling Rules 49: College: the hardest no-win decision your family may ever make.
Texas colleges should take steps to measure learning
By Thomas K. Lindsay When the national study, “Academic Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses,” was published last year, its findings were alarming. Of the national sample of students it […]
Years of tuition shell games clobber students, families
By Patricia Kilday Hart I should be happy for University of Houston students that President Renu Khator and the UH Board of Regents found a way to hold down costs […]
The Assault on Public Education
One of America’s greatest achievements is being defunded and degraded by the dictates of the marketplace. BY Noam Chomsky Mass public education is one of the great achievements of American […]
UT Austin shifts orientation focus to academics
By Megan Strickland With two months until the class of 2016 begins arriving on campus to register for their freshman classes, University officials announced Monday a significant shift toward focus […]
Santa Monica College Students Doused In Pepper Spray While Protesting Tuition Hikes
by James Crugnale Thirty Santa Monica College students were pepper sprayed Tuesday night, with two needing medical assistance, after a clash with campus police during a protest over tuition hikes.
Tuition Hike?
by Matthew Albright Bill aims to bring cost in line with southern average Kristen Braud and Shawn Champagne, nursing seniors at Nicholls State University, study Monday on campus. A bill […]
Students seek tuition freeze at Arizona universities
by Anne Ryman – The Republic | azcentral.com After three straight years of large tuition increases, students appearing at university hearings Wednesday called for the Arizona Board of Regents to […]
How Can I Get a $10,000 Degree?
By Reeve Hamilton – Texas Tribune Enlargegraphic by: Todd Wiseman Hey, Texplainer: I hear Texas has a $10,000 degree. How can I get one? Early this month, Texas A&M […]
University explores potential tuition increases
Liza Winkler Students are likely to experience tuition and fee increases over the course of five upcoming semesters, beginning next spring.
