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.
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
By Patricia Kilday Hart I should be happy for University of Houston students that President Renu Khator and the UH Board of Regents found a way to hold down costs and avoid a tuition increase next year.
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.
Liz Farmer | The Daily Texan Cost. Affordability. Four-year graduation rates. These buzzwords continue to fly around in the state higher education debate. One group is looking to turn focus to another buzzword — excellence.
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.
Updated, 5:30 p.m Wed.: UT-Austin President Bill Powers issued a campus-wide email this afternoon acknowledging his receipt of the task force’s recommendations to boost the school’s four-year graduation rate to 70 percent by 2016.
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.
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
By Jane S. Shaw For a while, Texas was the hotbed of academic reform. A few regents, at least, were serious about improving faculty productivity, and the Texas Public Policy Foundation pushed for better data. But the bold move of publishing faculty salaries and workloads elicited angry feedback.
Michael Quinn Sullivan is president and CEO of Empower Texans, and its premier project, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility. Texas Monthly has named Sullivan one of the 25 most influential people working in Texas politics. The article dubbed him “the enforcer” for his ability to motivate grassroots voters. The national political magazine “Campaigns & Elections” listed … Continue reading
Posted by Steven Harper Last month, University of Texas President Bill Powers asked his law school dean, Larry Sager, to resign months ahead of his originally planned departure at the end of the academic year. According to the Texas Tribune, Sager’s relationship with the law school’s faculty “had become so strained that he was no longer able … Continue reading
by Reeve Hamilton A group of students taking their cues from the Occupy movement wants the University of Texas System regents to know they won’t take tuition increases without a fight. At a meeting in front of UT’s iconic tower tonight, the students will settle on a final version of a protest document they hope … Continue reading
By THOMAS LINDSAY Earlier this month, the College Board issued its annual report on college costs and student financial aid. The board’s findings are sobering, though not surprising, to those familiar with the direction of American higher education over the last few decades. As reported in the Associated Press, the board found “nationally, the cost … Continue reading
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. That may be considered an asset in the position, given the foundation’s role in igniting much of the debate that has gripped Texas higher ed … Continue reading
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