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...

Instigated by a MGT Consulting's findings and recommendations in 2021, the Texas A&M University System made major changes to their 10...

5 Reasons to Meet with Your Elected Officials They represent you and need to hear about your needs as an educator. They do not know...

The Senate Higher Education Committee is considering more research funds for all higher education institutions (one of TACT's legislative...

Lt. Governor Patrick plans to make the Senate Committee on Higher Education a sub-committee of the Senate Education Committee Lt....

TX House Releases Interim Charges Though released later than usual, the Texas House released interim charges March 10, which are issues...

After the Lt. Governor Dan Patrick announced he wants to end tenure for all new faculty hires at public universities and revoke tenure...

The benefits and myths surrounding tenure by James (Jim) Klein President, Texas Association of College Teachers I hope your semester is...

by Gaines West, Attorney-at-Law, West, Webb, Allbritton & Gentry I have had a definite uptick in in inquiries about Free Speech and...

by Chuck Hempstead, TACT Legislative Director This was going to be the elections issue: primaries underway; invite your candidates to...

Last Friday morning Lt. Governor Dan Patrick announced he wants to end tenure for all new faculty hires at public universities and revoke...

FREE EVENT. We are meeting virtually with key legislators and their staff to voice our opinion about TACT's legislative issues, which...

by Chuck Hempstead, TACT Legislative Director Take a breath, Legislators. You’ve endured three rapid-fire and successive Special...

by Gaines West, Attorney-at-Law, West, Webb, Allbritton & Gentry On September 1st a new law involving sexual harassment complaints became...

By Seth Batiste, Ph.D. Introduction In 2019, El Paso, Texas experienced a mass shooting. In fact, Texas has been home to several...

We can accomplish much more together than any one of us can alone. by James (Jim) Klein President, Texas Association of College Teachers...

The Texas Association of College Teachers, in support of college and university staff members who are vital to students’ academic...

In the wee hours of the night, the Texas Legislature voted yes to approximately $3.3 Billion dollars for Texas universities and colleges...