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

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

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

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...

by Chuck Hempstead, TACT Executive Director We’d like to say that the 87th Texas Legislative Session is off to the races, but, like so...

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 Gaines West, Attorney-at-Law, West, Webb, Allbritton & Gentry UT-Austin recently announced furloughs and layoffs were coming because...

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...

by Lisa D. Hobson, Ph.D., President of the Texas Association of College Teachers Recently, many higher education stakeholders and...

by Gaines West, Attorney-at-Law, West, Webb, Allbritton & Gentry What do I do if a colleague or student files a discrimination complaint...

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

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

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

Harrison Keller, former deputy of strategy and policy at the University of Texas, will be the next commissioner for the Texas Higher...

Know the FACTS! If you are a new faculty member, you are probably in a current state of information-overload, being bombarded with all...

The big news this week is that UT Austin made a commitment to increase tuition assistance in to make it attending the University more...

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