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May 21, 20191 min read
The Future of Transfer Credits
SB 25, the 'transfer credit' bill doesn't solve all the issues with students transferring credit between higher education institutions. ...
May 13, 20191 min read
School Finance Bill Harbors Special Interests
Two weeks are left in the Texas Legislative Session. School finance – a.k.a., paying for it – has become the defacto “blocker bill”...
Apr 26, 20191 min read
Transfer Credit Bill Passes Senate
Supported by Higher Education Commissioner Raymund Paredes, Senate Bill 25 passed the Senate this week. The goal of the bill is to...
Apr 22, 20191 min read
Guns on Campus Bill Update
Guns on Campus Bill Update As reported previously, HB 1236 allows public universities to opt out of the guns on campus legislation passed...
Apr 4, 20191 min read
Texas Legislature Picking Up Steam
Texas Legislature Picking Up Steam Big Day at the Texas Legislature Wednesday…….The House adopted its version of public school finance...
Mar 21, 20191 min read
A Win for Free Speech on Campus
A Win for Free Speech on Campus With a unanimous vote from the Texas Senate, SB 18 prohibits Texas universities and colleges from banning...
Mar 13, 20191 min read
Hazlewood Cost for 2018 at $237 Million
Hazlewood Cost for 2018 at $237 Million The Hazelwood Act provides free Texas tuition to Texas veterans and their families. Every good...
Mar 11, 20191 min read
Guns on Campus - New Bill Filed
Guns on Campus - New Bill Filed Rep. Vikki Goodwin, D-Austin, filed HB 1236 which would permit public institutions to opt out of the...
Mar 11, 20191 min read
Free Speech Defended on Campuses
Free Speech Defended on Campuses State Senators Joan Huffman, R-Houston, and Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, authored Senate Bill 18 that...
Feb 27, 20191 min read
Study: Repeal of in-state tuition for Dreamers could cost Texas $400 million annually
Study: Repeal of in-state tuition for undocumented students could cost Texas $400 million annually A research and advocacy organization...
Feb 20, 20192 min read
Executive Director's Column: Legislature Focusing on 60X30TX
Executive Director's Column: Legislature Focusing on 60X30TX by Chuck Hempstead, Executive Director, TACT Here We Go Again! When the...
Feb 20, 20192 min read
President's Column: Final letter
President's Column: Final Letter by Donna Cox, Professor Emeritus, Sam Houston State University As I contemplate my last “Message from...
Feb 18, 20193 min read
Can 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...
Feb 6, 20191 min read
Higher Education Advocate Resigns
Higher Education Coordinating Board Commissioner Paredes Resigns this August Commissioner Raymund Paredes is resigning from the Texas...
Jan 28, 20191 min read
New Faces This Session
New Chairs in Both the House and the Senate For the first time in memory, the Senate House and Senate Higher Education Committees both...
Jan 21, 20191 min read
Tuition Freeze - Bill Filed
Tuition Freeze Looming Rep. Mary González, D- El Paso, filed a bill last week which would cap tuition at current levels until the Texas...
Jan 14, 20191 min read
TACT Legislative Day - Feb. 15
TACT Legislative Day - February 15 FREE Event....RSVP Needed Funding...Funding...Funding. There's not much talk around the Capitol yet...
Jan 7, 20191 min read
New TACT Website & Board Nominations
TACT Website Just in time for the 86th Texas Legislative Session (which begins tomorrow), TACT has launched a new, easy-to-navigate...
Dec 19, 20181 min read
Happy Holidays!....and Texas Tech News
LUBBOCK, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) - The following is a news release from Texas Tech University: In the revised 2018 edition of the Carnegie...
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