Texas A&M: There’s room for improvements
By GLENN DOWLING Special to The Eagle Recent criticism leveled at the A&M Board of Regents by former A&M President Ray Bowen and loyal supporter Jon Hagler was largely justified […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.” – […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
SMU Alum Takes Over as Interim Chancellor at A&M System
By Jeannie Kever jeannie.kever@chron.com Jay Kimbrough has been one of the state’s key troubleshooters over the years, dispatched to overhaul a number of public agencies following reports of wrongdoing or […]
McKinney Denies he Was Pushed Out By A&M Regents
By MELISSA LUDWIG SAN ANTONIO — In his last week on the job as chancellor of the Texas A&M University System, Mike McKinney said he disagrees with some ideas being […]
There’s Little Hope in Land of the Fees
By Gavin Moodie RECENTLY, the University of Texas system, which includes nine universities with more than 190,000 students, released a spreadsheet of 821 pages of information on its 13,000 academic […]
A&M System May Name Jay Kimbrough Interim Chancellor
By Reeve Hamilton On Monday morning, the Texas Secretary of State posted a notice for a special meeting of the Texas A&M University System on Thursday for the purpose of […]
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. […]
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 […]
Taxpaying Public – Entitled to Know How Public Universities Operate?
Names, names, names – So and-So and So-and-So of This-and-That University and Such-and-Such Academic or Political Connection. After a while, you can’t tell the players in the Texas higher education […]
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 […]
Memorandum From A&M System Board of Regents Chairman Richard A. Box ’61
To Faculty and Staff of The Texas A&M University System: I want to personally thank each of you for your ongoing commitment to the highest educational standards and your passion […]
Should Texas A&M take over UH campuses?
by ZEN T. C. ZHENG It could become a reality for students to graduate from the University of Houston’s Sugar Land and Cinco Ranch campuses as Aggies if proponents are […]
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 […]
In op-ed, A&M Professor Makes Case for Drastic Restructuring of Texas Higher Ed System
This is a follow up to the “Lemons” article yesterday. By Mary Lee Grant In an op-ed published in the Bryan-College Station Eagle, Texas A&M University associate professor of history […]
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 […]
Resignation Clouds Timing of UHV Meeting
Texas A&M has yet to announce replacement for chancellor The date of a high-profile Victoria meeting of two Texas chancellors and state legislators remains unclear. When Rep. Dan Branch called […]
Wentworth Says he’s Not in Running for A&M Chancellor
Texas senator will ‘wait and see if the call comes’ By Mary Tuma Although his name has arisen as a possible successor to retiring Texas A&M University System Chancellor Mike […]
A&M faculty Prefer an Academic for Chancellor
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas A&M University System faculty leaders want their new chancellor to have an academic background. In a letter dated Thursday to Richard Box, chairman of the […]
Zaffirini “Very Perturbed” at TPPF, Jakie and Jeff Sandefer, and the Governor of Texas For Trying To Effect Positive Change
Reporter: Cody Lillich Email Address: cody.lillich@kbtx.com We’re hearing more reaction on the sudden retirement of Texas A&M System Chancellor Mike McKinney. State Senator Judith Zaffirini spoke to News 3 about […]
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. […]
McKinney’s Legacy as A&M Chancellor Discussed
Tenure marked by boosted A&M System enrollment, Murano’s ouster as A&M president, TPPF reforms By Mary Lee Grant Texas newspapers today were discussing the legacy of Dr. Michael D. McKinney, […]
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 […]
A&M System Chief is Leaving. McKinney’s Chancellorship has Been Controversial
By Jeannie Kever Michael D. McKinney, a physician and political operative whose years as chancellor of the Texas A&M University System prompted both criticism and praise, said Tuesday he’ll leave […]
Regents’ Meeting Could be Defining Moment for UT System Chancellor
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 […]
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 System Releases Data on Faculty “Productivity”
By Reeve Hamilton This afternoon, the University of Texas System released much-anticipated data on faculty “productivity” — noting, however, that the 821-page spreadsheet is in a raw draft form that […]
Dairy Center Grand Opening to Include Keynote Addresses, Tours
STEPHENVILLE, Texas – Texas Commissioner of Agriculture Todd Staples and dignitaries from The Texas A&M University System will join Tarleton State University officials for a special grand opening ceremony May […]
UT – Controversy, Debate, now Tussle – UT Prez, A&M Prof, TPPF
By Reeve Hamilton At a panel hosted by the Texas Public Policy Foundation today, Bill Powers, the president of the University of Texas, and Robert Strawser, an accounting professor at […]
UT – A Conversation with Loftin and Powers – Research, Teaching and Reforms
By Reeve Hamilton Texas Tribune Evan Smith of The Texas Tribune is sitting down with Texas A&M University President R. Bowen Loftin and University of Texas President William Powers, Jr. […]
