Faculty Quit as Texas University Orders Them Back to Campus
Failure to comply with the new policy “may subject an individual to discipline, up to and including termination.”…
University of Houston Cuts 40% of Core Courses
Texas Republicans passed a law requiring regular general education curricula reviews. JasonDoiy/iStock/Getty Images The University of Houston System…
Cyber Threat Delays Start of Classes at UT San Antonio
Classes were supposed to start Wednesday but are now slated to begin this coming Monday. One day before…
Texas Could Shortchange New Funding Model Champions
An ambitious performance-based funding model for community colleges in Texas outperformed all expectations in its first three years.…
Border Surveillance Scholar Denied Tenure at UT Austin
Chaar López has worked at UT Austin since 2020. Border-surveillance scholar Iván Chaar López was denied tenure at…
Texas Colleges to Slash State Budget Requests by 3%
Texas officials said the budget reductions could help to pay for “targeted affordability measures and additional property tax…
North Texas Denies Faculty Conference Funding
A memo from UNT’s compliance office alleges that an association whose meeting faculty members requested conference funding to…
Texas Tech Faculty Sue Over Race, Gender Rules
In recent months, the Texas Tech system has passed comprehensive restrictions on how faculty can teach about gender,…
U of Texas Law Dean Calls for Socratic Teaching to Combat AI
The law school dean wrote in a memo the school will shift its AI approach to take better…
Texas’s Higher Ed Overseer Dismisses Dozens of Complaints
Texas Republican lawmakers created the ombudsman position last year as part of a sweeping state law. Texas’s new…
AAUP Investigating Academic Freedom, Shared Governance in Texas
The AAUP is investigating restrictions imposed on Texas’s public universities. Pgiam/iStock/Getty Images Plus An American Association of University…
Texas Judge Rules Against NCAA in Betting Case
A Texas court ruled that Brendan Sorsby can play for Texas Tech, after the NCAA barred him for…