By Beaman Floyd, TACT Legislative Director This summer in Texas is hot. Really hot. As of this writing, the heat will stay with us well...

by Gaines West, Attorney-at-Law, West, Webb, Allbritton & Gentry This summer saw a hiring snafu on the A&M main campus in College Station...

by Seth Batiste, Ph.D. President, Texas Association of College Teachers Greetings TACT Members: Many people say that K-12 and higher...

Beginning September 1, Texas higher education institutions face some new laws that take effect, namely DEI and tenure related. On August...

by Seth Batiste, Ph.D. President, Texas Association of College Teachers Greetings TACT Members: I am excited and honored to serve the...

by James (Jim) Klein Outgoing President, Texas Association of College Teachers Greetings from Corpus Christi! I hope this newsletter...

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

by Gaines West, Attorney-at-Law, West, Webb, Allbritton & Gentry Responding to a Negative Annual Review & Performance Improvement Plan...

Tenure is Safe The tenure bill (SB 18) was passed by both the House and the Senate. The final version solidifies tenure in Texas, and how...

SB 17 SB 17 (the DEI Bill) passed the House on the third reading. This bill eliminates DEI offices, but has hold harmless provisions...

SB 17 (DEI Bill) and SB 18 (Tenure Bill) were voted from the House Higher Education on Friday, May 12. The votes for both bills were 6-5,...

If you want to voice your position on these bills, the time is now. The House Higher Education Committee met Monday, May 8, to hear,...

We are coming down to the wire this session. If you want to voice your position on these bills, the time is now. The Tenure Bill (SB 18)...

Reach out to your legislators TODAY! There has been progress on these critical higher education bills driven by the Lt. Governor. Please...

OpEd by Andrea C. Gore, an NIH-funded neuroscientist, is a professor and Vacek Chair in pharmacology and professor of psychology at the...

by Gaines West, Attorney-at-Law, West, Webb, Allbritton & Gentry Not long ago I wrote that there were warnings that this Legislative...

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

TACT members met at the Texas Capitol Rotunda on Friday, March 10, to visit with staff members of key legislators to present the TACT...

TACT reported earlier that Lt. Governor Dan Patrick's top priorities for the 88th Texas Legislative Session which included topics that...

Bill Filing Deadline Looms The bill filing deadline for the 88th Legislative Session is March 10th. So far this week, legislators are...