Mar 41 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 quality issue, and w...
Feb 241 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 listen that it is im...
Feb 202 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 patrons have noted the va...
Feb 174 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 against me? This qu...
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 2021. Click here f...
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 exploring the ways the...
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 legislative work occurs. ...
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 Education Coordinating B...
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 sorts of information a...
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 affordable. The Board ...
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 fared from the perspecti...
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. On the bright side, ...
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 draft Senate and House ...
Feb 6, 20191 minHigher Education Advocate ResignsHigher Education Coordinating Board Commissioner Paredes Resigns this August Commissioner Raymund Paredes is resigning from the Texas Higher Education Coordi...
Jan 28, 20191 minNew Faces This SessionNew Chairs in Both the House and the Senate For the first time in memory, the Senate House and Senate Higher Education Committees both have new chairs this s...
Jan 21, 20191 minTuition Freeze - Bill FiledTuition Freeze Looming Rep. Mary González, D- El Paso, filed a bill last week which would cap tuition at current levels until the Texas Legislature authorize...
Dec 19, 20181 minHappy Holidays!....and Texas Tech NewsLUBBOCK, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) - The following is a news release from Texas Tech University: In the revised 2018 edition of the Carnegie Classification of Ins...
