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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
After the UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa’s speech and the UT regents blessing for his plan, we thought the UT controversy was over and progress now could be made in […]
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 […]
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 […]
In response to the below article, people should be asking the following questions: How did the provost make such an elementary mistake? Anyone who has worked with state agency budgets […]
Having spent many years in public service, advancing K-12 education accountability, tax relief, higher education reform and running for Congress, one lesson I’ve learned is you can’t make an omelet […]
Regarding the following article that was written By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz AMERICAN-STATESMAN, students, parents and taxpayers should publicly ask the following question: Is it true or not that UT President […]
By Charlotte Allen The firing of a controversial aide to the University of Texas system has triggered a full-blown debate over the productivity of teachers and whether “star” professors who […]
If you want to get into the numbers and specifics, here is a post from Rick O’Donnell‘s blog yesterday. In addition, we posted some interesting comments, if you care to […]
Here was the original headline: “UT, Coalition Strike Back at O’Donnell Analysis“. While there continues to be a number of personal attacks on O’Donnell and his research methodology, there has […]
By Rick O’Donnell (plus comments from Inside Higher Ed readers) “Faculty performance data” may be the three most dangerous words on American university campuses these days – much more controversial […]
Inefficient professors are the targets in Gov. Rick Perry‘s plan to reform higher education By Katherine Mangan Austin, Tex. Depending on whom you talk to in Texas these days, college […]
Both believe and fundamentally say they care about the quality and accessibility of higher education. By Reeve Hamilton Randy Diehl, the dean of the University at Texas at Austin’s College […]
Top UT officials under fire – Former adviser says they blocked release of data By MELISSA LUDWIG Read more: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7635188.html#ixzz1Qr7dEJQe Rick O’Donnell, a former special adviser to the University of […]
By Mary Lee Gran A $70,000 settlement could have bought peace between the University of Texas System and former special adviser Rick O’Donnell, but O’Donnell, who was fired April 19, […]
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz At the height of a controversy about the direction of the school’s governing board earlier this year, the chairman of the University of Texas System regents […]
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz The chairman of the University of Texas System Board of Regents issued a statement today taking issue with comments by former system official Rick O’Donnell in […]
By Viviana Aldous After months of controversy surrounding the hiring of Rick O’Donnell, former director of Colorado’s higher education department, as a special adviser to the UT Board of Regents, […]
By Reeve Hamilton Updated 2:00 p.m.: Barry Burgdorf, vice chancellor and general counsel at the University of Texas System, said the decision to settle the matter was based on “pure […]
Fired UT advisor Rick O’Donnell gets $70,000 settlement By MELISSA LUDWIG The University of Texas System has settled for $70,000 with a former special adviser who threatened to sue after […]
By Reeve Hamilton The Rick O’Donnell saga at the University of Texas System appears to have reached an end. Last week, under threat of a lawsuit, the system agreed to […]
By S.C. GWYNNE and GARY JACOBSON, The Dallas Morning News In 1985, a young Harvard Business School student from Abilene named Jeff Sandefer had an idea to make money from […]
The big lie making the rounds in Texas is that elected or appointed officials want to undermine or de-emphasize research at our colleges and universities By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF […]
By Richard Vedder (Last Friday,) I was minding my own business, on spring break recovering from the bruising labors of academic life, living the life of the modern-type tenured intellectual […]
By Melissa Ludwig About one-fifth of professors at the University of Texas at Austin carry a majority of the teaching load and generate 18 percent of research funding, suggesting that […]
AUSTIN — Want to lower the cost of college? End all federal subsidies for higher education. That was the provocative solution proffered at a panel discussion Friday put on by the […]
Jeff Sandefer, the architect of proposals that are creating controversy in Texas higher education, downplayed his influence on Gov. Rick Perry and state education policies in an interview published in […]
By Melissa Ludwig University of Texas System regents on Thursday issued a unanimous vote of confidence in its CEO, Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa, in an attempt to sooth recent turmoil at […]
By Mary Tuma System anticipates “claims of defamation and tortious interference with contractual relationships” by O’Donnell A potential lawsuit against the University of Texas System by ousted special adviser Rick […]
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa. Rodolfo Gonzalez/AMERICAN-STATESMAN University of Texas System regents have a lengthy to-do list for their meeting in Austin today and Thursday, but […]
Dan Berrett http://www.insidehighered.com Faculty and administrators at public universities in Texas said Monday they don’t want to shrink from efforts to make public higher education more accountable — they just […]
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press © 2011 The Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Once again defending academic research against proposals that question taxpayer funds not being spent on classroom […]
By Holly Hacker/Reporter hhacker@dallasnews.com | Bio The University of Texas must continue to improve as both a research institution and a teaching one, President Bill Powers said Monday. Powers’ speech […]
By Weston Hicks Accountability data has been compromised in the UT Austin internal audit called by the Board of Regents. The new establishment-controlled audit could release results this week. Two […]
By Melissa Ludwig / mludwig@express-news.net Effect on research, views on profs questioned. University professors are: a) Teaching too much b) Not teaching enough c) Wasting time on frivolous research d) […]
By Reeve Hamilton Texas Tribune One week ago, Rick O’Donnell’s employment at the University of Texas System came to an abrupt end after 50 days marked by tension and confusion […]
Rick O’Donnell Says He’s Been Fired, (for Doing His Job) Controversial Adviser to U. of Texas Regents Says He’s Been Fired By Katherine Mangan Austin, Tex. Rick O’Donnell‘s hiring six […]
March 25, 2011 Dear Regent Hall: I’ve been thinking about our several discussions regarding the accuracy of claims made about my stance on university research. I appreciate your interest and […]
UT Establishment: allergic to light 25 March 2011 by AgendaWise Reports The higher education establishment is worried, and Gene Powell is the one who worries them. The UT Board of […]
As posted @ http://pushjunction.com/press_releases/red-mccombs-letter-to-gene-powell RED MCCOMBS LETTER TO GENE POWELL Red McCombs Thanks Gene – For sharing your comments in the We’re Listening interview. They were particularly timely because I, […]
by Weston Hicks at Agenda Wise Reports March, 23rd Evan Smith, head of The Texas Tribune, has gone journo-nuclear, attacking UT Board of Regents interested in examining the effectiveness of current practices. […]
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 posted by Nate Blakeslee at 1:23 PM by Paul Burka of the Texas Monthly Last month, the Statesman’s Jason Embry reported that Governor Perry had turned […]