Monday’s higher education hearing featured a long-awaited public dialogue between Gene Powell, chairman of the UT System Board of Regents, and the Legislature, which has been less than exuberant...

Countless university students have, at some point or another, lamented their heavy amount of homework, wishing for an opportunity to take classes that interested them without the burden of assignments....

“As soon as you find a job, look for your next job.” Gail Collins, author and New York Times op-ed columnist, offered this piece of unusual advice Thursday. Although she was hosting a talk...

Being a sophomore who lives on campus, I am an avid reader of The Daily Texan, but lately I feel that the Texan is coming up short on its duty to report the most important and relevant news of current...

Students can contribute valuable information to the debate on raising tuition but only if they better understand the basic problem of higher education finance: It costs ever more to provide the same kind...

“We’re talking about basic primary things that everyone should be entitled to, and it really shouldn’t be attached to any political or religious agenda.” — Dr. Tamarah Duperval-Brownlee,...

Last Thursday, in a desperate attempt to win support for her flagging presidential campaign, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN) introduced a piece of federal legislation that would mandate that women...

It has been a little over a week since the death of Steve Jobs. In that time we have mourned the passing of a true genius, remembered his numerous and varied accomplishments and replayed clips of that...

Last weekend, about 400 invited participants from the higher education community attended the star-studded, Future of State Universities conference in Dallas. The conference was hosted by former Florida...

Last Tuesday, the much-maligned Texas Public Policy Foundation released a statement from their new Director for Higher Education Research, Thomas Lindsay. The Texas Public Policy Foundation is the Austin...

The following quotes are from the Tuition Policy Advisory Committee’s open forum held Wednesday evening. TPAC, composed of four students, five faculty and administrators and three non-voting members,...

A recent Gallup poll shows that congressional job approval was riding high at a sizzling 15 percent for the month of September. This continues to highlight America’s disenchantment with the economy...