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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Lack of oversight in UT Law Foundation – Change Ahead
By Megan Strickland, Alexa Ura of Daily Texan Recent public battles over lack of oversight in the University of Texas Law Foundation threaten to bring substantial changes to a complex […]
Texas Tribune Guest Column: The UT Story Not Being Told
by Alex Cranberg University of Texas System Regent Alex Cranberg The University of Texas Board of Regents has been getting more than its fair share of press lately, but often […]
UT: Only Regents Can Reform Higher Education
Guest Column by Thomas K. Lindsay for Texas Weekly Higher education, in Texas and nationally, faces a crisis. Studies testify to grade inflation’s erosion of standards (An “A” is the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Years of tuition shell games clobber students, families
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 […]
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 […]
Groups debate quality, profit in universities
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 […]
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 […]
UT-Austin Unveils Plan to Boost Graduation Rates – by Reeve Hamilton
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Why Do I Think This Is Just Window-Dressing?
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 […]
A Conversation with Michael Quinn Sullivan, President and CEO of Empower Texans
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 […]
Trouble in Texas
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 […]
UT-Austin Prepares for Fight Over Tuition Increases – by Reeve Hamilton
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 […]
Lindsay: Higher ed owes answer for rising costs, falling results
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 […]
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. […]
Universities need self exam
By William Murchison “Hire the best, honor the mission, and measure the results.” The president of my university — the big one in Austin, with tower bathed perpetually in orange […]
The Texas Accountability Debate Rages On
By Jonathan Robe With Texas Gov. Rick Perry at–or near the top–in polls to be the Republican nominee for President, his proposals for higher ed reform as Governor are gaining […]
A Mirage of Accountability at the University of Texas?
By Robert C. Koons Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – The Chancellor of the University of Texas system has issued a disappointing response to pressure from the public and Governor […]
President Nelsen calls UT Pan Am an “Agent of Transformation” at Convocation
Written by Juan Prado Everyone at The University of Texas Pan-American must work together to make UTPA an “agent of transformation” for the entire Rio Grande Valley, President Robert S. […]
Texas-Size Compromise
Written by Kevin Kiley Inside Texas Governor Rick Perry is surging in polls for the Republican nomination for president, but Francisco Cigarroa might be the Texan with the biggest political […]
Increasing Input in Budget Decisions
Written by The Daily Texan Editorial Board Earlier this month, President William Powers Jr. announced that the University Budget Council will be expanded to include a student and a faculty […]
Cigarroa receives wide support for reforms
Written By Curt Olson Curt W. Olson COlson@TexasBudgetSource.com The debate that raged over the cost, productivity, and efficiency of higher education in Texas calmed swiftly Thursday with the announcement of […]
UT Board Approves Changes
By Melissa Ludwig The University of Texas Board of Regents on Thursday approved an action plan to raise quality and productivity at its 15 institutions in an era of declining […]
Rick Perry Is a Higher-Education Visionary. Seriously.
Written by Kevin Carey Rick Perry is wrong about many things, including (but not limited to) the reality of climate change, the treasonous nature of quantitative easing, and the execution […]
UT Regents Bless Cigarroa Plan
Written by Reeve Hamilton Enlargephoto by: Bob Daemmrich Chancellor Dr. Fransisco Cigarroa at the University of Texas Board of Regents meeting in Austin on May 11, 2011. At this morning’s […]
Justin Keener, Spokesman for Texas Business for Higher Education
Statement by Justin Keener, spokesman for Texas Business for Higher Education, in response to today’s plan outlined by University of Texas System Chancellor Cigarroa: “This plan is a promising first […]
Outstanding Teaching in University of Texas System Institutions Recognized by the Board of Regents
AUSTIN, Texas — The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System has recognized 72 faculty members from institutions within the system for outstanding teaching, including 34 faculty members […]
Before UT Regents Meeting, Groups Call for Higher Ed Changes
Written by Reeve Hamilton Texas Tribune AFP Students One day before the start of one of the most important University of Texas Board of Regents meetings of the year, conservative […]
Scott Explores Changes in Higher Education
By Denise-Marie Balona, Orlando Sentinel Gov. Rick Scott is exploring dramatic higher-education reforms that are similar to those already under way in Florida’s public school districts. Patterned after reforms being […]
Praising Excellence in Higher Education
Written by Jeff Sandefer One of the great joys of being a teacher is getting the chance to work with other teachers who change the lives of students.Just this week […]
Want to Be a Good Researcher? Try Teaching
Written by By Dan Berrett Graduate students in the sciences who both teach and conduct research show greater improvement in their research skills than do those who focus exclusively on […]
Poor Management Hurts College Completion Rates
Low faculty productivity hurts students, taxpayers By RONALD L. TROWBRIDGE Later this month, more than 100,000 students will set foot for the first time on Texas public university campuses. Unfortunately, […]
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 […]
Texas Continues Building on Higher Ed Successes
New laws are boosting state’s higher education effort. By Gov. Rick Perry / Special to the Express-News Last week, Texas partnered with the Western Governors University in the creation of […]
Higher Education Reform Meets Professor X. By Dr. Ronald L. Trowbridge
By Dr. Ronald L. Trowbridge The controversy over reform in Texas higher education has confused the public. Which side is right? Watching a charge from one side, then a counter-charge […]
Results-based Model for Higher Education Within Reach. By Jeff Sandefer
By Jeff Sandefer Texans have an extraordinary opportunity to create a new results-based model for higher education in America, a model that prepares our students for more productive and meaningful […]
Planking for Higher Education Reform
Many students across the UT Campus planked to protest higher education costs. American’s for Prosperity claims that student loan debt in America has reached $1 trillion and they want the […]
Accountability in Higher Ed: Pick Your Poison. By Andrew Gillen
By Andrew Gillen I understand where the higher ed establishment is coming from when the government starts making noises about holding them accountable. Nobody likes others questioning their performance, least […]
Similarities in Regents Appointments Echo Between Texas, Iowa
By Meghan Malloy They may go to each other for advice on 2012 and other gubernatorial matters, but when it comes to education in Iowa, Gov. Terry Branstad isn’t necessarily […]
UT – Research Isn’t Sole Issue
By Dave Player Now that Harry Potter has finally defeated Voldemort, we can return to dealing with the other You-Know-Who. We’re talking, of course, about Rick O’Donnell and his funding-eaters […]
Publisher Brings Texas Higher Ed Debate, ‘seven solutions,’ to This Month’s D Magazine. By Mary Lee Grant
By Mary Lee Grant American Independent D magazine’s publisher Wick Allison brought the debate over Texas higher education reform to his magazine’s pages this month, supporting the “seven breakthrough solutions” […]
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.” – […]
Why UT and A&M Need to Change Their Ways
Texas has two middling public universities. It’s time they reward professors who can actually teach. By Wick Allison Jeff Sandefer courtesy photo The chancellor at Texas A&M is forced to […]
Encouraging Words From the “Coalition”
Today we received a press release from Jenifer Sarver, who is representing the Texas Coalition For Excellence in Education. (Thanks for including us.) Many of you know from reading our […]
Academia’s Crisis of Irrelevance
As more students question rising college costs, professors defend useless research and their lack of teaching. BY NAOMI SCHAEFER RILEY ‘Crisis of Confidence Threatens College.” So went a headline in […]
