Tag Archives: Higher Education
How Do Technical College Grads Fare in the Job Market? It’s Complicated.
Texas' public technical colleges often promote their high job placement rates, but the real measure of their programs' success is more complex....Read More
Randy Best is Back with Another Star-Studded Higher Ed Summit
Randy Best, the Dallas entrepreneur whose Academic Partnerships helps public universities take degree programs online, will host Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton fo...Read More
Laid-Off UT-Brownsville Faculty Sue, Claiming School Ignored their Tenure Rights
Three professors filed a suit against the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, escalating a two-year battle over tenure rights....Read More
In Brownsville, Two Colleges Split and a Community Suffers
The separation of UT-Brownsville and Texas Southmost College leads to hundreds of layoffs.
The separation of UT-Brownsville and Texas Southmost College leads to hundreds of layoffs. ...Read More
House Backs Krause Amendment Letting Student Groups Discriminate
The House approved an amendment allowing college student groups to discriminate in their membership....Read More
Professor Sues Over Layoff in UT-Brownsville, Texas Southmost Split
Susan Mills, a professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College, is suing the university officials who fired her—apparently the fir...Read More
House Hears Bill Limiting UT Regents’ Power
Sen. Kel Seliger's bill that could cut through the University of Texas System regents' current power struggle with the Legislature was heard by the House Higher...Read More
Branch Promotes Big Expansion of Performance-Based Higher Ed Funding
Lawmakers will decide later this session whether to go ahead with funding colleges based on performance, but on Wednesday lawmakers took up a proposal to dramat...Read More
Campus Carry Debate Plays Out in House Hearing
Higher education leaders have long opposed the idea, but a slew of conservative House members stood Thursday to defend campus carry....Read More