Times of Texas
Texas A&M University System
Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin disapproves of outsourcing timeline
By VIMAL PATEL vimal.patel@theeagle.com Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin said the A&M System chief’s timeline regarding the possible outsourcing of many rank-and-file staff jobs was “not a timetable I felt appropriate.”
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 business community.
Campus Election Seasons Provide Political Intrigue
By reeve Hamilton Most politicians in Texas spent February awaiting final word on the state’s redrawn political maps. Court delays pushed the state’s primary date from Super Tuesday — when Texas could have exercised some influence — to the end of May.
Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp addresses student senate
By VIMAL PATEL vimal.patel@theeagle.com Standing for the first time before Texas A&M University’s student senate since he served as student body president in 1972, A&M System Chancellor John Sharp tried to quell campus-wide unease Wednesday night regarding his plans to possibly outsource dining services and elements of facilities services.
WT mulls tuition hike – “Across the country, it’s gotten tough to pay for college.”
By Yann Ranaivo yann.ranaivo@amarillo.com West Texas A&M University officials will discuss possible tuition and fee increases of up to $150 per semester when they meet with students at the end of the month
Texas A&M president proposes tuition hike
By VIMAL PATEL vimal.patel@theeagle.com Texas A&M president R. Bowen Loftin proposes a 3.95 percent rise in student tuition at a hearing Wednesday.
UT Law School Interim Dean Prioritizes Salary Equity – by Reeve Hamilton
by Reeve Hamilton, Texas Tribune Nearly a week after faculty unrest led to the sudden ousting of Dean Larry Sager from the University of Texas School of Law, his interim replacement told The Texas Tribune one of her top priorities will be a review of faculty compensation. “I certainly hope I can turn it around,” … Continue reading
Sharp Named Chancellor of Texas A&M System
As expected, John Sharp was confirmed Tuesday by the Board of Regents of Texas A&M University as chancellor of the university system. Sharp, a 1972 A&M graduate, is a career Texas politician who became Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts in 1991 and held the post through 1998. A former legislator, Sharp, now 61, served … Continue reading
Coalition Applauds Sharp’s View’s
Press Release: Coalition Applauds Sharp’s View’s on IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH AND TEACHING; NEED TO AVOID ‘TOP-DOWN’ PRESCRIPTIONS AUSTIN—The Texas Coalition for Excellence in Higher Education today applauded comments made by former Comptroller John Sharp, who this week was named as the sole finalist to be the next chancellor of the Texas A&M University System. “At this … Continue reading
Former Comptroller John Sharp Named Finalist for Texas A&M Chancellor
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Former state Comptroller John Sharp, named sole finalist Monday for chancellor of the Texas A&M University System, didn’t wait long before wading into some of the system’s hot-button issues. Within minutes of the Board of Regents’ unanimous vote, Sharp: • Said he would like to see the College Station … Continue reading
UTIMCO Board Approves Salary Raises for CEO, Staff
By Reeve Hamilton The board of the University of Texas Investment Management Company, which manages endowment funds and other assets for the University of Texas System and to a lesser extent the Texas A&M University System, approved on Thursday salary increases for the company’s staff as well as Bruce Zimmerman, its chief executive officer and chief … Continue reading
Texas official: Higher ed can Improve, Cheaply
We thought this was a good story, but we thought it misinformed for the subject to suggest “It appears to me that someone, for some reason, is manufacturing a crisis.” – referring to university costs and management. Crushing student debt and escalating fees are not a manufactured crisis. There is a real crisis, and the public … Continue reading
A&M System Regents Meet Thursday & Friday
By Bill Oliver There are 440 pages to the agenda for this week’s meeting of the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents. The item receiving the most attention, totals three words. Those three words are Big 12 Conference. It’s among the named topics for the Regents to consider in executive session Thursday morning. A spokesman … Continue reading
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 in reforms backed by the Texas Public Policy Foundation. The Student Led Awards for Teaching Excellence, which awarded $2,500 to $10,000 bonuses based on student … Continue reading
Opponents to ‘breakthrough solutions’ – Ramping up Fight
Yet, no solutions presented on the “right way” to improve higher ed. By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz A group of business, civic and education leaders is ramping up its efforts to fight changes in higher education promoted by an Austin-based think tank with close ties to Gov. Rick Perry. The Texas Coalition for Excellence in Higher … Continue reading
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Times of Florida
- Rick Scott, Florida Governor, Cuts College Funding, Vetoes Unlimited Tuition Hike Bill
- La Raza Launches Campaign to Register Hispanic Voters
- Next Generation: What Does the Future Hold for Hispanic College Graduates?
- Luidia finds that tight budgets change, don’t eliminate tech implementations
- Romney’s Attack on Latinos Sends the Right Off a Cliff
- In our schools: Keys to helping non-native speakers learn
- Florida GOP moving forward with several bills to increase state funding for charter schools
- Jeb Bush foundation helps shape Florida education policy
- Latino swing voters and higher ed
- Florida Set for New Cut in Spending on Colleges – Tuition Increase
Americans For Prosperity – Texas
- Blogger provides fresh perspective of UT President Powers’ astroturf campaign to keep his job
- Texas primary ballot initiatives - non-binding polls
- Harmony Schools on CBS 60 Minutes - Turkish English teachers are needed
- School Board members censure fellow member - for dissent
- TPPF's Tom Lindsay and Maverick Owner Mark Cuban provide insight which could rock UT's ivory tower
- UT Regents Commended for Standing Up to Powers
- Texas to FWS: Leave Texas -- and the Lizard -- Alone
- San Antonio pushing almost $.5 Billion bond initiative
- AFP is the messenger of news Obama doesn't want out
- Local Governments Racking up Debt: House Ways & Means Committee Hearing - Testimony by Peggy Venable
Univision Austin
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Times of Florida
- Rick Scott, Florida Governor, Cuts College Funding, Vetoes Unlimited Tuition Hike Bill
- La Raza Launches Campaign to Register Hispanic Voters
- Next Generation: What Does the Future Hold for Hispanic College Graduates?
- Luidia finds that tight budgets change, don’t eliminate tech implementations
- Romney’s Attack on Latinos Sends the Right Off a Cliff
- In our schools: Keys to helping non-native speakers learn
- Florida GOP moving forward with several bills to increase state funding for charter schools
- Jeb Bush foundation helps shape Florida education policy
- Latino swing voters and higher ed
- Florida Set for New Cut in Spending on Colleges – Tuition Increase
AgendaWise Reports
- Speaker Struas stragglers marked
- Murphy Turner connected to shadow PACs
- Trina Lanza on her priorities for the 83rd Legislature
- Diane Patrick on her priorities for the 83rd Legislature
- Straus the weak
- Diane Patrick on her vote for speaker
- Trina Lanza on her vote for speaker
- Vicki Truitt’s Trouble
- Mark Shelton on the expansion of gambling
- Mark Shelton on his priorities for the 83rd Legislature
Texas Insider
- Grass-Roots Politics: GOP-USA’s Bobby Eberle Talks GOP Politics
- Texas Unemployment Rate Down to 6.9%
- Boehner to Obama on Deficit War: ‘This Is a Line in the Sand’
- Catholic University Students Casualties Of ObamaCare
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- Administration Approves Nomination of Houston Police Officer as U.S. Marshall for the Southern District of Texas
- How the Gay-Marriage Mob Slimed Manny Pacquiao
Freedomworks.org Texas
- Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey endorses Matt Beebe for State Representative in Texas House District 121
- FreedomWorks Grassroots Training in Round Rock, Tx on Feb. 18th
- FreedomWorks Grassroots Events in Texas - January 2012
- FreedomWorks grassroots training in Shreveport, Louisiana on Oct. 8th!
- Another One Bites the (Fracking) Dust
- In the Shadow of the Senate: A New Tax Emerges
- Join FreedomWorks and local Houston-area groups for grassroots training on July 16th
- Texas to TSA: "Come and Take It."
- Join FreedomWorks and Houston Tea Party on July 16th!
- The Light Bulb Resistance Movement
Freedomworks.org Florida
- CPAC Florida Recap
- Champions of Freedom Rout Competition in Florida
- Champions of Freedom Rout Competition in Florida
- FreedomWorks Kicks Off 'Give Us Liberty' Tour in Florida this week!
- What Do Rep. Allen Boyd's (D-FL) Constituents Think About Health Care Vote?
- Florida State Legislature is Back, and So Is the Need for Insurance Reform
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STEM
- STEM Ed Update: Sign-on Letter on Federal Budget, Upcoming Events, NEW STEM Reports
- Coalition Issues Core Policy Principles for 2012
- Coalition Testifies to House Approps on NSF’s Education Programs
- Quotes on STEM Education from the 2/28 House Markup of ESEA Legislation
- The White House Invites You to Join on a Budget Call to Discuss STEM Education
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