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...

by Gaines West, Attorney-at-Law, West, Webb, Allbritton & Gentry The pandemic has touched every area of our lives - and now Tenure? More...

As always, we are open to your feedback on topics you believe are important for our organization to address related to our purpose and...

Greetings. Thank you for allowing me to continue in service as President! As a reminder, I still welcome feedback on the issues and...

by Gaines West, Attorney-at-Law, West, Webb, Allbritton & Gentry Online exam proctoring services are rapidly expanding in both use and...

By Chuck Hempstead TACT Executive Director I am hopeful that your favorite candidates survived their campaigns and that you voted for the...

by Gaines West, Attorney-at-Law, West, Webb, Allbritton & Gentry COVID has caused such anxiety on so many levels - and there seems to be...

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, TACT Executive Director Guess I’ve known my friend Gaines West for more than a few minutes now (or a few decades). I...

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

TACT was crucial to the modern intellectual property (IP) policy of American universities. It went like this. Open University began...

by Jonathan Coopersmith, Texas A&M University To teach in person, or not, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler to expose the body to...

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...

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...

The following article is reprinted with permission from the American Historical Association. Though the introductory article engages...

by Gaines West, Attorney-at-Law, West, Webb, Allbritton & Gentry Very recently the federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals {they cover...

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