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...

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...

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

by Gaines West, Attorney-at-Law, West, Webb, Allbritton & Gentry This question is asked of me a lot. Often it is in the context of the...

by Chuck Hempstead, TACT Legislative Director Again the TACT Board met recently and again it tweaked the Legislative Agenda, which will...

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

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

by Chuck Hempstead, Executive Director, TACT The House Higher Education Committee has been asked by the Speaker to study the Dual Credit...

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

Any new member who joins TACT in August will get 2 months free membership! TACT's membership year is Nov. 1 through Oct. 31. New...

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

Your input is needed in order to gauge issues you believe are a priority to Texas faculty members and higher education.  The survey...

TACT Website Just in time for the 86th Texas Legislative Session (which begins tomorrow), TACT has launched a new, easy-to-navigate...