America's Next Impact

06/07/2013

As soon as Gov. Rick Perry signs Senate Bill 24, which creates a new university in the Rio Grande Valley, "the real work begins," says University of Texas System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa. 

02/13/2013

The relationship between the University of Texas School of Law and an affiliated foundation is among the topics on the minds of University of Texas System regents as they convene a two-day meeting that starts Wednesday.

02/12/2013

The need to increase graduation rates — a running theme of higher education policy in Texas for several years — is an increasingly urgent nationwide concern, according to college and university leaders who met Monday in Austin.

01/24/2013

Texas A&M University officials on Wednesday announced an ambitious plan to more than double the number of engineering students it enrolls to 25,000 by the year 2025. 

01/10/2013

With an endowment of nearly $20 BILLION, why is UT asking the Texas legislature for $95 million and keeping tuition rates so high?

Check out these two articles and decide for yourself!

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-15/texas-university-endowment-holds-almost-1-billion-in-gold-bars.html

One of the main engineering buildings at the University of Texas is cramped, inefficient and outdated.

01/07/2013

The Higher Ed Mandate: Better and FasterJanuary 07, 2013 JBudget & Spending, Labor, Education & PensionsThe Higher Ed Mandate: Better and FasterBy Jim WindhamThis mandate is the same for all of U. S. higher education, but it is particularly applicable to Texas, where, as we look to the opening of th...

01/02/2013

As tuition costs soar and the price of a college degree continues to be a barrier to enrollment, a state law that goes into effect this year will require all Texas public high schools to instruct students on how to pay for higher education. [...] in a closely watched pilot program, the San Antonio ...

12/18/2012

Following in the footsteps of some of its fellow universities, the Texas State University System launched its online productivity dashboard Monday. The dashboard is an accountability system that showcases performance measures like tuition and fees, enrollment growth, degrees awarded and ...

12/10/2012

Bleak economy for the young is harming marriage, birth rates.

12/05/2012

State plans can spur shakeup to affordability.

12/03/2012

The Anne E. Casey Foundation reports that 6.5 million young Americans are unemployed.

11/30/2012

America’s now-nationalized student loan industry just reached a value of $1 trillion, according to Citigroup, growing at a 20 percent-per-year pace. Since President Obama nationalized the industry (a tacked-on provision of the Obamacare bill), tuition has gone up 25 percent and the three-year defaul...