Archive for: higher ed debate

 

How “Adrift” Are We? Less Than We Thought, New Studies Say

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In 2011, the book Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses gripped the higher-ed world with an alarming argument: many college students, the authors...

 
 
A University of the Cut-Rate Class?

A University of the Cut-Rate Class?

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After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin in 1973, a friend and I got into her car and drove off to New York, where she had a job and I had a floor...

 
 

Debating the Debate

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A chat about Texas higher education with the chairman of the Board of Regents. Before we get to this interview, a word of context. About a year ago the first rumble...

 
 

Regents to Face Scrutiny on Potential Conflicts of Interest

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At a recent hearing of the new joint higher education oversight committee, state Sen. Judith Zaffirini asked the chairmen of the University of Texas System and...

 
 
 
 
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