Committee Season Begins, Bills Filing Deadline Looms March is committee season in the Texas capitol. With appointments made and...

The Lt. Governor announced his top priorities for the 88th Texas Legislative Session. Though the bill text isn’t filed yet, they are...

As TACT and the media have reported, the Lt. Governor publicly announced that his focus for this Legislative Session includes possibly...

Lieutenant Governor Patrick appointed Senate Committees for the 88th Legislative Session on January 23rd. As expected, rather than...

With the start of the Texas Legislative Session, the House and Senate released preliminary budgets that apparently leave $50 billion on...

Last week Texas Representative Carl Tepper introduced HB1006 which makes amendments to the Education Code pertaining to public Higher...

A Florida podcast hosted an episode on the status of a lawsuit challenging Florida’s “Stop WOKE Act.” TACT members may find it...

Lt. Governor Dan Patrick held a press conference yesterday, November 30, addressing his focus for the upcoming Legislative Session. ...

by James (Jim) Klein President, Texas Association of College Teachers Greetings from the Texas Association of College Teachers! I hope...

by Gaines West, Attorney-at-Law, West, Webb, Allbritton & Gentry Once in a while I get to see trends in Higher Education Law. One of...

One Era Ends and Another Begins TACT has benefited from the knowledge and talents of Chuck Hempstead, TACT’s lobbyist and Executive...

This week The University of Texas President Jay Hartzell gave a State of the University speech that included protecting employees and...

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

by James (Jim) Klein President, Texas Association of College Teachers Hello again from the Texas Association of College Teachers! I hope...

by Chuck Hempstead, TACT Legislative Director The House Higher Ed Interim Committee met August 10 to pursue their interim charges in...

by Gaines West, Attorney-at-Law, West, Webb, Allbritton & Gentry Well, here we all are in the post Roe v Wade era, and all things and...

Starting with the new insurance year*, TACT has raised your coverage for insurance claims on employment issues such as tenure,...

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

In response to increased anxiety and depression created by the pandemic, colleges and universities can use Higher Education Emergency...

Do you sometimes need new ideas, advice or a quick remedy to an issue? When you are faced with a situation at your school, do you ever...