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Texas Schools Prepare for a New Kind of Posse
by Reeve Hamilton Enlargephoto by: Caleb Bryant Miller The Posse Foundation, NY. Starting this fall, high school seniors in the Houston Independent School District will have an opportunity to vie for one of 30 golden tickets to a unique higher-education experience.
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 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
UT Austin shifts orientation focus to academics
By Megan Strickland With two months until the class of 2016 begins arriving on campus to register for their freshman classes, University officials announced Monday a significant shift toward focus on academics for undergraduate orientation this summer.
Santa Monica College Students Doused In Pepper Spray While Protesting Tuition Hikes
by James Crugnale Thirty Santa Monica College students were pepper sprayed Tuesday night, with two needing medical assistance, after a clash with campus police during a protest over tuition hikes.
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.
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 University of Texas (UT) System colleges are the focus of a new reform.
Chasing an illusion in college admissions -
Editorial Board Statesman For decades, the courts have tried to settle the use of race in university admissions only to find that when they grant satisfaction in one case, dissatisfaction arises to create another.
What will cost more in 2012? – 3.75 percent tuition increase
Written by Adam Belz Iowans’ pocketbooks will feel the pinch – and here’s why The list of things that will be more expensive in 2012 is a long one, and Iowans will find costs increasing for necessities like medical care and food. Overall, consumer prices leveled in November, bringing some relief at the end of … Continue reading
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 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
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 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
UT System Leaders Look Back at a Long Year – by Reeve Hamilton
by Reeve Hamilton University of Texas System Chancellor Dr. Francisco Cigarroa (l), is congratulated by UT Regents Chairman Gene Powell (r) after the UT Regents gave Cigarroa a vote of confidence on May 12, 2011. Like many at the end of this year, University of Texas System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa and Gene Powell, the chairman … Continue reading
UT President Powers Ends Tough Year With Another Battle
By Reeve Hamilton, Texas Tribune and Morgan Smith, Texas Tribune For Bill Powers, 2011 has been a year full of upheavals. Certain issues were foreseeable for the president of the University of Texas at Austin, the state’s largest and arguably most prestigious public university. State lawmakers were heading into a legislative session with budget axes at … Continue reading
UT Provost’s Three-Fifths of a Teacher – Rick O’Donnell
If you want to get into the numbers and specifics, here is a post from Rick O’Donnell‘s blog yesterday. In addition, we posted some interesting comments, if you care to dig into it more. By Rick O’Donnell A story in (today’s) San Antonio Express News quotes UT’s provost as saying my study of faculty data … Continue reading
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 mismanagement. But after being named deputy chancellor and interim chancellor for the Texas A&M University System on Thursday, Kimbrough said this job is different. “I … Continue reading
Emails Give Insight Into UT Controversy
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz At the height of a controversy about the direction of the school’s governing board earlier this year, the chairman of the University of Texas System regents told a fellow regent that he felt as winded as he did during football practices decades ago under coach Darrell Royal. “Reminds me of two-a-days … 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
- Lo Más Hot de Texas
- Las cuatro más bellas en bikini
- Jennifer López no usa sostén
- Las bodas más caras de la historia
- Importante cierre de autopista en Houston este fin de semana
- "Tiempo de Danzón" en Dallas
- Acudió a Walmart por cambio de aceite y salió con símbolos satánicos en su auto
- Permiten cazar con silenciador en Texas
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
- Myth Busted: Vaccinations Are Not Immunizations
- Romney to Inch Closer to Clinching Party Nod
- Catholic Student’s Losing Coverage due to ObamaCare Mandates
- Home Loans for Veterans in Texas
- 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
- Florida State Legislature is Back, and So Is the Need for Insurance Reform
- Woman's year-ago protest launched tea party movement in Florida
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
Center For College Affordability
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