by Chuck Hempstead, Executive Director, TACT The House Higher Education Committee has been asked by the Speaker to study the Dual Credit quality issue, and w...

by Chuck Hempstead, Executive Director, TACT Since the beginning of the explosion of dual credit in Texas, TACT has warned all who would listen that it is im...

by Lisa D. Hobson, Ph.D., President of the Texas Association of College Teachers Recently, many higher education stakeholders and patrons have noted the va...

by Gaines West, Attorney-at-Law, West, Webb, Allbritton & Gentry What do I do if a colleague or student files a discrimination complaint against me? This qu...

TACT Executive Director Chuck Hempstead attended the first Interim Hearing of the House Higher Education Committee. It began with a welcome by new THECB Com...

Texas Tribune Events Presents: A Conversation with Harrison Keller, Texas Higher Education Commissioner February 10 * 7:30 - 9:00 am FREE Join The Texas Trib...

Representative Capriglione, R-Southlake is slated as the new chairman of the Texas House Appropriations Committee. The House Appropriations Committee is the ...

The Texas House Speaker has released his list of issues to be reviewed by committees before the next regular session beginning in January 2021. Click here f...

Students entered the classroom of a UT-Austin professor they accused of sexual misconduct and claimed the university administration was inadequately dealing w...

For its next volume, scheduled for publication in fall 2020, the AAUP’s Journal of Academic Freedom seeks original, scholarly articles exploring the ways the...

by Chuck Hempstead, Executive Director, TACT As all TACT members know, between legislative sessions is when much of the thoughtful legislative work occurs. ...

The following article is reprinted with permission from the American Historical Association. Though the introductory article engages historians, it's import...

by Gaines West, Attorney-at-Law, West, Webb, Allbritton & Gentry Very recently the federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals {they cover cases in parts of Kentu...

by Lisa D. Hobson, Ph.D., President of the Texas Association of College Teachers Greetings. Thank you for allowing me to serve as your President! I am grat...

Texas House Bill 2820 eliminates the 2.75% cap on annual expenses on financial products in 403(b) accounts for Texas faculty. The bill also does not require...

TACT Legislative Day - October 18 FREE Event....RSVP Needed Build a bridge before you need it! Since the Legislative Session just completed, now is the time ...

Harrison Keller, former deputy of strategy and policy at the University of Texas, will be the next commissioner for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating B...

Any new member who joins TACT in August will get 2 months free membership! TACT's membership year is Nov. 1 through Oct. 31. New members who join before No...

Know the FACTS! If you are a new faculty member, you are probably in a current state of information-overload, being bombarded with all sorts of information a...

by Chuck Hempstead, Executive Director, TACT Strange as it may seem to some, TACT traditionally has avoided the electoral politics half of affecting public p...