Mar 241 minSenate Higher Ed Committee to Become a Sub-committeeLt. Governor Patrick plans to make the Senate Committee on Higher Education a sub-committee of the Senate Education Committee Lt....
Apr 13, 20211 minTenure Being Discussed at the Capitol - TomorrowThe main change in Senate Bill 1159 will change the performance evaluation of a tenured faculty member from six years to four years. The...
Mar 1, 20211 minOff to the Races?by Chuck Hempstead, TACT Executive Director We’d like to say that the 87th Texas Legislative Session is off to the races, but, like so...
Feb 25, 20211 minHighlights from Meeting with Senator Bryan HughesSenator Bryan Hughes of Texas District 1 met with TACT today to discuss TACT's legislative agenda and what Texas is facing during this...
Aug 1, 20202 minOutlook for Higher Ed in TX LegislatureBy Chuck Hempstead TACT Executive Director Normally (are we tired of “The New Normal” yet?), we would be talking about the Interim...
May 28, 20205 minIs Losing My Job Really Because of a Budget Cut? by Gaines West, Attorney-at-Law, West, Webb, Allbritton & Gentry UT-Austin recently announced furloughs and layoffs were coming because...
Mar 4, 20201 minTX House Hearing on Dual Credit Issue March 25by Chuck Hempstead, Executive Director, TACT The House Higher Education Committee has been asked by the Speaker to study the Dual Credit...
Feb 24, 20201 minExecutive Director's Column: The Dual Credit Issueby Chuck Hempstead, Executive Director, TACT Since the beginning of the explosion of dual credit in Texas, TACT has warned all who would...
Feb 20, 20202 minPresident's Article: Effective New Leadership for Institutional Success After Changes and Challengeby Lisa D. Hobson, Ph.D., President of the Texas Association of College Teachers Recently, many higher education stakeholders and...
Feb 17, 20204 min Discrimination Complaint Against Me? – What Do I Do?by Gaines West, Attorney-at-Law, West, Webb, Allbritton & Gentry What do I do if a colleague or student files a discrimination complaint...
Dec 2, 20191 minTX House Releases Interim ChargesThe Texas House Speaker has released his list of issues to be reviewed by committees before the next regular session beginning in January...
Nov 5, 20193 minAAUP Journal of Academic Freedom Accepting ArticlesFor its next volume, scheduled for publication in fall 2020, the AAUP’s Journal of Academic Freedom seeks original, scholarly articles...
Nov 4, 20191 minExecutive Director's Column: State Gearing Up for Issuesby Chuck Hempstead, Executive Director, TACT As all TACT members know, between legislative sessions is when much of the thoughtful...
Sep 12, 20191 minUT's Harrison Keller Selected as New CommissionerHarrison Keller, former deputy of strategy and policy at the University of Texas, will be the next commissioner for the Texas Higher...
Aug 27, 20191 minNew Faculty Member? How to Choose between TRS & ORPKnow the FACTS! If you are a new faculty member, you are probably in a current state of information-overload, being bombarded with all...
Jul 16, 20191 minUT Handing Out Free Tuition and FeesThe big news this week is that UT Austin made a commitment to increase tuition assistance in to make it attending the University more...
Jun 11, 20193 minExecutive Director's Column: 86th TX Legislative Session Reviewby Chuck Hempstead, Executive Director, TACT Overview With another session behind us, it’s time to review how Texas higher education...
May 21, 20191 minThe Future of Transfer CreditsSB 25, the 'transfer credit' bill doesn't solve all the issues with students transferring credit between higher education institutions. ...
Feb 20, 20192 minExecutive Director's Column: Legislature Focusing on 60X30TXExecutive Director's Column: Legislature Focusing on 60X30TX by Chuck Hempstead, Executive Director, TACT Here We Go Again! When the...
Feb 6, 20191 minHigher Education Advocate ResignsHigher Education Coordinating Board Commissioner Paredes Resigns this August Commissioner Raymund Paredes is resigning from the Texas...