Jun 91 minYour Security in the New Normalby Chuck Hempstead, TACT Executive Director Guess I’ve known my friend Gaines West for more than a few minutes now (or a few decades). I ...
May 285 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 o...
May 264 minHow Your Ideas Lead to Real ChangeTACT was crucial to the modern intellectual property (IP) policy of American universities. It went like this. Open University began br...
May 224 minTo Teach in Person, or not: That is the Questionby Jonathan Coopersmith, Texas A&M University To teach in person, or not, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler to expose the body to...
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 ...
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 patro...
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 ...
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 ex...
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 legisl...
Oct 31, 20192 minGuide for Dealing with Online HarassmentThe following article is reprinted with permission from the American Historical Association. Though the introductory article engages his...
Oct 29, 20193 minEver Heard of “Thin Privilege”?by Gaines West, Attorney-at-Law, West, Webb, Allbritton & Gentry Very recently the federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals {they cover cas...
Oct 28, 20192 minPresident's Article: An Invitation to Dialogueby Lisa D. Hobson, Ph.D., President of the Texas Association of College Teachers Greetings. Thank you for allowing me to serve as your ...
Aug 19, 20195 minWhat’s This About an Investigating Authority?by Gaines West, Attorney-at-Law, West, Webb, Allbritton & Gentry I often get this question from a faculty member who gets contacted by th...
Jun 20, 20194 minTexas’ Most Impactful Natural Resources: Higher Education Institutions and Facultyby Lisa D. Hobson, Ph.D., President of the Texas Association of College Teachers As stated in a previous submission entitled, One of Te...
Jun 11, 20195 minKnowing SB212 May Keep You Out of Jailby Gaines West, Attorney-at-Law, West, Webb, Allbritton & Gentry TO REPORT OR NOT REPORT? DOING ONE OR THE OTHER MAY KEEP YOU OUT OF JAIL...
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 fare...
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 dra...
Feb 20, 20192 minPresident's Column: Final letterPresident's Column: Final Letter by Donna Cox, Professor Emeritus, Sam Houston State University As I contemplate my last “Message from t...
Feb 18, 20193 minCan Post-Tenure Review Masquerade as Age Discrimination?Can Post-Tenure Review Masquerade as Age Discrimination? by Gaines West, Attorney-at-Law West, Webb, Allbritton & Gentry This time of yea...
