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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Higher Ed Guru: Seven Solutions a “Good Start” – by Reeve Hamilton
Written by Reeve Hamilton photo by: Todd Wiseman Thomas Lindsay, who was recently selected to head the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Higher Education, is no stranger to controversy. […]
Godin on Modern “Factory” Education
By Jeff Sandefer Seth Godin asks the right question about modern education in a recent blog post: As we get ready for the 93rd year of universal public […]
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 […]
Making Universities Accountable: The Oxbridge Solution
By William Lutz Earlier this week, I received a submission from a higher education expert who often publishes his work under the pseudonym Publius Audax. He disagrees with UT Liberal […]
Charter Colleges: A Market-Based Solution
By Robert C. Koons The cost of higher education in America spirals out of control. Tuition and fees have increased fourfold in real terms in the last two decades, far […]
Texas Coalitions Spar Over Scholars’ Time, Research, Pay
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 […]
Interim A&M Chancellor Kimbrough Announces End for Teaching Excellence Awards
By Patrick Michels Less than a week after taking over as interim chancellor of the Texas A&M University System, Jay Kimbrough announced the end of a faculty awards program rooted […]
Overwhelming Public Opinion in Texas: College Costs Too Much
David Guenthner, Senior Communications Director for TPPF explains how to achieve better quality and lower the costs in higher education. David Guenthner The goal of what we’re trying to do […]
UT Controversy – Both Sides Say They Care About Higher Ed
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 […]
Perry Supports Higher Ed Plan While Groups Vow to Fight
By Huma Munir Gov. Rick Perry has backed the Seven Breakthrough Solutions for Higher Education, but the plan from a conservative think tank could prove to be a breaking point […]
Coalition, Powers Fight Against Report’s Negative Assessment of UT Officials
By Huma Munir A report by The Center of College Affordability and Productivity classifies high-level administrators as the least productive members of the University, according to a Texas Coalition for […]
Texas Tech Using Cost/productivity Data to Form 2011-2012 Budget
By Patrick Brendel The release of data on individual faculty members’ salary and productivity has sent shockwaves through the world of Texas higher education, pitting agitators for “transparency” and “accountability” […]
UT Advisor O’Donnell’s Depature Has not Quieted the Controversy
Rick O’Donnell: The TT Interview By Reeve Hamilton Rick O’Donnell’s time as an adviser at the University of Texas System may have been brief, but his presence was felt more […]
Entrepreneur and Perry Friend Sandefer, Puts Texas at Center of Higher Ed Firestorm
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 […]
UT Controversy Buzzwords – Accountability, Productivity, Excellence, Accessibility, Transparency
By Reeve Hamilton The current controversy dominating the higher education headlines in Texas is nothing if not nuanced. It’s hard for anyone to disagree with the broad buzzwords used by […]
Texas A&M System Regents Say TPPF Not at Fault For McKinney Departure
By VIMAL PATEL Sources familiar with the departure of Mike McKinney as A&M System chancellor say he was pushed out, but not for resistance to a conservative think tank’s ideas. […]
Texas – Seeking Transparency and World-Class Leadership
By William James Legislators want to ensure transparency and impartiality in university boards of regents with a new committee after learning officials were meeting with Gov. Rick Perry behind closed […]
Controversial Higher Ed Reforms Perry and TPPF Avocate Continue to Command Attention
By Mary Lee Grant Controversial higher education reforms proposals by Gov. Rick Perry and conservative think tank Texas Public Policy Foundation continue to command attention from media outlets. The Wall […]
It’s Hot in Texas – Improving the Effectiveness of Taxpayer Dollars Heats Up Higher Ed Establishment
Bruce S Trachtenberg If things aren’t hot enough in Texas this time of year, a right-leaning foundation focused on public policy is getting some people steamed up over its proposals […]
“Seven solutions” … Already Being Implemented at Texas A&M
By Nicole Garza Talks of higher education reform in the State of Texas have sparked passionate pleas from academics. “I and others would like to understand how the seven solutions […]
Online Learning, For-profits and the Federal Connection
By Holly Hacker/Reporter hhacker@dallasnews.com (Today) I wrote about state universities, including the University of Texas at Arlington, partnering with for-profit companies to deliver online classes. It’s an approach that’s gaining […]
You Wouldn’t Understand – You Don’t Have a PhD.
Listen in as the president of a university in Texas explains why a tax-paying parent couldn’t understand the complex decisions that go into being a “prestigious” “tier one” school.
The Data is Dismissed as “factoids,” This Means Facts Someone Doesn’t Like
Crossfire in Fat City. An exchange in response. By DANIEL HALPER University of Illinois at Chicago professors Barbara Risman, William Bridges, and Anthony M. Orum write this letter to the editor […]
Much More Analysis Needs to be Done
If we truly wish to reflect better the costs and benefits of teaching. By Mary Lee Grant One of Texas A&M University’s most respected professors has written a letter saying […]
Listings of Faculty Salaries and Revenue Generated Worry Professors
By Yann Ranaivo Some West Texas A&M University professors fear that a new information list compiled by administrators will lead to unfair job cuts. The list shows each faculty member’s […]
“Outcomes-based funding” Has Strong Support
By Reeve Hamilton During the regular session, Gov. Rick Perry’s top legislative priority for higher education was the implementation of a financing system that rewards universities for graduating more students, […]
Rick Perry Stirs Texas Higher Ed Turmoil Over Reform Proposals
Professors grumble it’s the Seven Deadly Sins of Higher Education AUSTIN, Texas — When barbecue research is second-guessed in Texas, the turmoil in higher education must be getting serious. Responding […]
Texas Wrestles with Future of Higher Ed as Faculty Fesist GOP Governor’s Support of Reforms
AUSTIN, Texas — A tempest has erupted on college campuses in Texas over a conservative foundation’s proposal questioning the value taxpayers get from academic critiques of Shakespeare and calling for […]
Zaffirini Ratchets Up UT Controversy Wasting Taxpayers Dollars.
A deep review of regent activities could continue for 6 years. By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz No one expected institutions of higher learning in Texas and their students to emerge unscarred […]
Encouraging Teachers to Improve Teaching Effectiveness – UT Controversy Continues
The Bryan-College Station Eagle reports on a chicken-or-egg situation regarding Texas A&M University’s “Student Led Awards for Teaching Excellence,” and whether A&M based its controversial faculty teaching awards on a […]
Texas A&M McKinney Says – TPPF Did Not Influence Program With “Seven Breakthrough Solutions”
By VIMAL PATEL Top Texas A&M System leaders have repeatedly said the idea for a program that gives teachers cash based on anonymous student evaluations did not come from the […]
Seven Breakthrough Solutions Would Boost Productivity and Accountability at Public Universities
By Reeve Hamilton At a meeting of the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents, chairman Richard Box appeared to shrug off a controversial set of “breakthrough solutions” for higher […]
Gov. Perry – A Top Priority to Improve State Universities
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 […]
Professors Who Don’t Want Accountability Blame “Seven Breakthrough Solutions.”
By Mary Lee Grant More than 800 professors signed a letter presented during a dramatic board of regents meeting this week in which angry faculty spoke out against Texas A&M […]
The Debate Over Higher Ed in Texas Takes Center Stage
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) – An intensifying debate over higher education in Texas is likely to take center stage at a meeting of the Texas A&M University System‘s board of […]
A&M System Regents Set to Meet Thursday – Box Wants Open and Honest Dialogue Regarding “Seven Breakthrough Solutions.
Thursday marks a big set of meetings for the Texas A&M System Board of Regents. Among the items on the agenda are discussions differential tuition increases for four A&M colleges […]
Chairman of A&M Regents – Concerned About the Future of Higher Education
“I am concerned about the future of higher education in our state and across the country as costs continue to escalate and a first-class education may be moving out of […]
Eagle, Express-News Blast Perry Over A&M
B-CS Eagle critiques Perry’s ‘obsession and interference’ with university By Mary Lee Grant The editorial boards of the Bryan-College Station Eagle and San Antonio Express-News are taking on Gov. Rick […]
HBJ 40 Under 40 Winners Honored – Keynote: Jeff Sandefer
By Casey Wooten, Reporter Forty of Houston‘s top young professionals were honored Thursday at the Houston Business Journal 40 Under 40 awards, held at the House of Blues. Delivering the […]
Tillerson: The U.S. Public Education System for Children Needs Fundamental Change
By ELIZABETH SOUDER AUSTIN — As Texas politicians debate whether to reorient universities toward teaching rather than research, the chief executive of Exxon Mobil Corp. gave a warning. Rex Tillerson […]
State Senator Zaffirini: Rick Perry Doesn’t Have a Graduate Degree, (But) I Have a PhD, so I Understand
By Bryan Preston Democrats go full elitist, defend higher ed bubble and its skyrocketing costs (Updated) Though this story comes out of Texas, it’s not really about Texas. It’s about […]
Federal Subsidies for Higher Ed – Drive up Costs, Stifle Competition and Make Students and Universities Less Price-Sensitive.
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 […]
Push for Higher Education Plan Comes to Shove for a University Chancellor
By Reeve Hamilton At the end of a turbulent week in Texas higher education, the circumstances of the chancellors of the state’s two largest university systems stand in stark contrast. […]
UT Regent Pejovich Presents “University Excellence and Productivity” Task Force Update
By Mary Tuma Full report expected in August Brenda Pejovich, UT Regent University of Texas System Regents received an update on the task force for “University Excellence and Productivity” led […]
McKinney Resigns Amid Efforts to Reform Higher Ed Throughout Texas
By PAUL J. WEBER Texas A&M University System Chancellor Mike McKinney announced his resignation Tuesday, stepping down after five years of steering the 120,000-student system through record expansion, controversy and […]
Many Glad to Hear – UT President Powers Acknowledges Changes Are Needed
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 […]
UT’s Bill Powers: “We need to be careful about how we change”
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 […]
