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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 reform movement. While the Washington crowd tends to fixate on President Obama’s piddling slap fight with Congressional Republicans over government-secured student loan rates, the real … Continue reading
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 System on Thursday and Friday — the most anticipated agenda item for both will be setting tuition.
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 surveyed, 45 percent failed to show “any significant improvement in learning” after two years in college. Even after four full years in college, 36 percent … Continue reading
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 on academics for undergraduate orientation this summer.
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-San Antonio President Maria Ferrier and Alamo Colleges Chancellor Bruce Leslie announced that they had devised a bachelor’s degree that costs roughly $9,700.
Apple to build $304 million campus, add 3,600 jobs in Austin, with state’s support
By Associated Press, AUSTIN, Texas — Apple Inc. is investing $304 million in a new campus and more than doubling its workforce in the Texas capital, boosted by a $21 million incentive from a state fund designed to attract high-tech companies, Gov. Rick Perry said Friday.
College Presidents Say $10,000 Degrees Available Now
Reeve Hamilton Speaking today on a SXSWEdu panel in Austin, officials from a few Texas community colleges and universities said that $10,000 bachelor’s degrees are available now — and more will be within the year. Gov. Rick Perry famously called on the development of a $10,000 degree in his State of the State address in … Continue reading
Board of Regents to vote on proposed tuition increase at next meeting
By Liz Farmer The Office of Student Financial Services must use current tuition rates to determine financial aid because the Board of Regents has yet to set a date for its 2012-2014 tuition setting meeting.
UT tenure review policy receives mixed reaction from faculty
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.
Longhorns Who Take Too Long
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
UT panel recommends steps to boost graduation rate
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.
Post-tenure reviews will be good for UT campuses
Some professors at Texas university campuses have had a rude awakening, and at least a few are very unhappy. On Thursday, University of Texas System regents unanimously endorsed a call for enhanced performance reviews
Gov. Perry Appoints Walker to Texas Tech University System Board of Regents
Gov. Rick Perry has appointed John B. Walker of Houston to the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents for a term to expire Jan. 31,
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