higher ed
Foreign Interests Still Targeting Texas Universities
During a recent Texas Senate Higher Education Committee hearing, lawmakers asked an important question: Is Texas doing enough to protect our universities from hostile foreign influence? The executive director of the newly…
Who Teaches the Teachers?
Every state requires public school teachers to be “certified,” and most of that certification runs through a university school of education. New research by TPPF’s Kate Bierly asks a simple question: is that…
Ineffective University Educator Preparation is the Root of the Teaching Profession’s Woes
For the last two legislative sessions, certification and attrition have dominated the teacher pipeline discussion, but if legislators wish to ensure a sufficient supply of effective teachers in Texas classrooms, they must…
The Sons of Liberty to DEI – Universities and Our Freedom
On July 4, I stood at the site of the Boston Massacre, in front of the Old Massachusetts State House, and heard the Declaration of Independence read from the same balcony where it was first read 250 years ago. Standing on the…
Texas Accountability Law Ruins Everything for Woke Faculty
As the public’s once-high view of college education burns down before our eyes, the universities’ favorite water-carrier, the Chronicle of Higher Education (CHE), continues to fiddle. CHE’s recent article on Texas Tech…
(Not) Cheaper by the Dozen | Debunking 12 Common Myths About Higher Education
Myth 1: A’s and B’s Are Marks of Distinction in College, With C’s Signifying Average Performance. Reality: According to GradeInflation.com, as well as other later surveys, in the early 1960s, the percentage of A’s awarded in…
Student-Athletes Are Not Employees – Texas Public Policy Foundation
College athletics is approaching a crossroads. After years of rapid, sweeping change in student-athlete compensation practices that have left a patchwork of state regulation in its wake, some in Congress now propose to …
Yale Finally Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
Yale’s Committee on “Trust in Higher Education” just released what higher-education reformers have to view as a remarkable document. It addresses the ongoing erosion of public trust in America’s universities. In doing so, it…
Justice Thomas Explains the Crisis in Higher Ed
Justice Clarence Thomas, currently the longest serving member of the Supreme Court of the United States, took to the University of Texas at Austin stage this week to hail the principles that founded the U.S. and provide a…
Texas A&M is Right to End Women and Gender Studies
A moment of incendiary dispute? Let’s take a closer look. In 1971, I helped found the first chapter of the National Organization for Women in the Southwest. Back then, rape was close to a free crime — prosecution depended…
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