Bad year for endowments
College endowments lost an average 18.7 percent of value last year, according to a study by the National Association of College and University Business Owners, or NACUBO, and the Commonfund Institute....
View ArticleObama budget good for students
This just in from Edie Irons, president of the Institute for College Access & Success — she has seen President Barack Obama’s 2011 budget proposal and she likes it. An advocate for college...
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Clean energy saves A&M $4 million
Wind power is fueling savings at the Texas A&M University System. System officials just signed a contract with Champion Energy Services that will shave $4 million off the system’s utility costs...
View ArticleGifts to colleges decline
The New York Times reported this morning that giving to colleges and universities declined nearly 12 percent in 2008-2009, the sharpest drop in the 53-year history of an annual survey by the Council...
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Colleges rush to aid Haiti
Growing up in Haiti, Jasmine Mémé never wanted for love or a sense of community. After last month’s devastating earthquake, she wants to give it back. Mémé, a 34-year-old student at University of the...
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Kenneth Starr new prez at Baylor
The Waco Tribune-Herald has reported that Kenneth Starr, the former independent counsel who opened the door to impeachment of then-President Bill Clinton by digging up information on his affair with...
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Shooting over tenure sends shock waves
AP Photo Amy Bishop, the Alabama professor accused of shooting and killing three of her colleagues, had gone to a shooting range for target practice recently, according to her husband, James Anderson....
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Five-year limit at UT?
No more dillydallying around at UT Austin. Students soon may be required to graduate in five years at the flagship campus, the Associated Press has reported. Most students already finish in four years,...
View ArticleFormer SAC exec runs for board
Thomas Hoy, a retired professor and former vice president at San Antonio College, filed to run for the District 1 seat on the Alamo Colleges Board of Trustees. He joins former city councilman Joe...
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UC San Diego weathers ‘racial emergency’
As if budget cutbacks weren’t causing enough heartburn in California, the University of California, San Diego is embroiled in a “racial state of emergency” after some students arranged a Compton...
View ArticleSeries exposes campus rape
National Public Radio and the Center for Public Integrity are partnering to expose sexual assault on campus in a multipart series that begins today and continues through next week. A yearlong...
View ArticleSA rated worst for apartment rentals
There are worse lists to be at the bottom of. According to www.ApartmentRatings.com, San Antonio ranked among the worst college towns in the nation for apartment rentals. What that means is not exactly...
View ArticleAlamo Colleges haul in recycling
A note from Denise Richter, leader of Viva Verde at Palo Alto College: In 2009, the Alamo Colleges rescued 377,404 pounds of recyclables (paper, cardboard, plastic, metal and glass): Northeast Lakeview...
View ArticleHeads rolling at Trinity?
The recent departure of four high-level administrators at Trinity University has tongues wagging at the small, elite university — is new president Dennis Ahlburg cleaning house? Ahlburg, reached at an...
View ArticleWhy evolution is true
Fascinated by the debate over evolution v. creationism? Here’s a cool event at Texas State University in San Marcos: Jerry A. Coyne, professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the...
View ArticleNo gay Jesus at Tarleton
Tarleton State University in Stephenville called off a student-directed production this weekend of Corpus Christi, a play in which a Jesus-like character is portrayed as gay. According to the Fort...
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Texas: A model for accountability?
The State of Texas may not be on your list as a shining example of accountability, but in the world of higher education, it appears we ain’t doing too badly down here. Raymund Paredes, Texas...
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St. Mary’s Rattler wins “Best of Show”
The Rattler, St. Mary’s University’s student newspaper, took home top prizes from the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association convention in March. Here is a news release from the university: The...
View ArticleLefty profs irk conservative students
Faculty at Baylor University, a private Baptist school in Waco, gave more money to Democratic candidates in the 2008 primary election than Republicans, according to Baylor University’s Young...
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Public U. regents give luv to guv
Since becoming governor of Texas in 2000, Rick Perry has pocketed almost $6.1 million in campaign contributions from regents he has appointed to oversee public universities, according to an analysis by...
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