As World AIDS Day 2011 approaches, I can’t help but wonder what Texas is doing to decrease alarmingly high rates of HIV/AIDS in youth. Texas has the third highest rate of new cases of HIV/AIDS diagnosed...

The UT System has invested $10 million in MyEdu, a commercial business providing students information — and maybe advice — about the choices they make in working toward an academic degree....

The discussion across the UT System about MyEdu in the past few weeks has taken many interesting twists and turns. While there has been much controversy and negative publicity, we think it is important...

This summer, South Korea announced plans to digitize its entire elementary and secondary school curriculum by 2015. The high-tech east Asian country is making a $2-billion bet against traditional textbooks....

Wednesday’s open forum put an end to the motions of the Tuition Policy Advisory Committee, as it presented its proposal to the public. And that’s all the process consisted of — motions. TPAC...

The rivalry between UT and Texas A&M has been among the most storied in all of sports. A long chapter ended on Thanksgiving night with the final scheduled rivalry game. I was touched by the Showband...

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott fired another salvo on Monday in the ongoing duel between Texas legislators and federal judges over the set of newly drawn political district maps. The redistricting...

At a large public university such as UT, teaching is important. We have 38,000 undergraduates enroll in classes each year to learn, and the University spends money attracting professors who do their best...

Nearly three months after wildfires devastated Bastrop County, more than 1,000 Bastrop children could be spending this Christmas without any new toys. The Bastrop Pink Santa Toy Drive is still in desperate...

In Tuesday’s presidential debate, GOP candidate Newt Gingrich made a potential misstep when he called for “humane” immigration reform. The stance, which some claim is a form of amnesty,...

 Contrary to a premise of the column that ran Monday titled “From Wall Street to the Main Mall,” Occupy UT-Austin does exist and is currently holding General Assembly meetings and participating...

 President William Powers Jr. spent a good portion of Monday’s Faculty Council meeting explaining the University’s recent decision to move certain funding decisions from the Graduate School...