The 88th Regular Session ended on Memorial Day after a tumultuous ride for faculty interests. The three major governance reform bills, SB...

Make no mistake, the Texas Legislature is going to be talking about limiting tenure in the Legislative Session for 2023. You may recall...

The Texas Legislative Session this coming January is going to be lively for higher education faculty and administrators - with tenure and...

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

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

Lt. Governor Patrick plans to make the Senate Committee on Higher Education a sub-committee of the Senate Education Committee Lt....

The main change in Senate Bill 1159 will change the performance evaluation of a tenured faculty member from six years to four years. The...

See Sample Email at Bottom of Article TACT has identified four bills this legislative session that provide funds to higher education and...

Senator Bryan Hughes of Texas District 1 met with TACT today to discuss TACT's legislative agenda and what Texas is facing during this...

By Chuck Hempstead TACT Executive Director Normally (are we tired of “The New Normal” yet?), we would be talking about the Interim...

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

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

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

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

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

Your input is needed in order to gauge issues you believe are a priority to Texas faculty members and higher education.  The survey...

by Gaines West, Attorney-at-Law, West, Webb, Allbritton & Gentry TO REPORT OR NOT REPORT? DOING ONE OR THE OTHER MAY KEEP YOU OUT OF...

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

SB 25, the 'transfer credit' bill doesn't solve all the issues with students transferring credit between higher education institutions. ...

Two weeks are left in the Texas Legislative Session.  School finance – a.k.a., paying for it – has become the defacto “blocker bill”...