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Presidents Message: Tenure Facts

by James (Jim) Klein President, Texas Association of College Teachers I hope you and your family are in good health and spirits. I wish...

Expect This During the Next Legislative Session

by Chuck Hempstead, TACT Legislative Director Again the TACT Board met recently and again it tweaked the Legislative Agenda, which will...

Tenure Under Fire - As Always

by Chuck Hempstead, TACT Legislative Director This was going to be the elections issue: primaries underway; invite your candidates to...

To Teach in Person, or not: That is the Question

by Jonathan Coopersmith, Texas A&M University To teach in person, or not, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler to expose the body to...

AAUP Journal of Academic Freedom Accepting Articles

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

Ever 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...

Executive Director's Column: 86th TX Legislative Session Review

by Chuck Hempstead, Executive Director, TACT Overview With another session behind us, it’s time to review how Texas higher education...

Academic Freedom

Are you following the UT-Austin professors’ case in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals as it relates to academic freedom and guns on...