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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. A move to change the way professor tenure is reviewed–supported by the administration–received mixed More…
Now that Texas Gov. Rick Perry is out of the national spotlight, it’s back to business as usual in Texas. Last week Perry appointed John Walker to the Board of Regents for the Texas Tech University System. With this appointment Perry continues his long tradition of appointing campaign donors to More…
Even as authorities continue to stifle the public protest, the Occupy Movement has found new venues for activism. The movement has grown on college campuses around the country. From the organization of an Occupy UMASS to the continued activism of students at Occupy UC Davis, college campuses have acted as More…
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board will likely implement a policy change this week to the so-called Texas version of the DREAM Act, which allows undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition while attending college in Texas. In a meeting scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 26, at the THECB offices in Austin, More…
California joined Texas in making it easier for undocumented immigrants to attend college when Assembly Bills 130 and 131 were passed into law. However, despite the intentions of the legislation, the California version of the DREAM Act faces the same limitations as the Texas version.
AB130, which went into effect More…
This semester students will no longer be able to smoke a cigarette between classes at North Central Texas College. Throughout Texas, colleges are clearing the air as campuses are instituting tobacco bans. The changes in policy are aimed at improving the environment around campuses. Implementation and enforcement of the bans More…
With the rising cost of tuition and decreasing funding from the state, Texas universities are increasingly looking for more tools to increase their efficiency and productivity. How to measure faculty productivity has become a contentious debate within the higher education establishment, and Texas A&M University has been at the center More…
