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Texas lawmakers are scrutinizing university professorsโ influence. Here's how faculty shape their universities.
Read full article: Texas lawmakers are scrutinizing university professorsโ influence. Here's how faculty shape their universities.Faculty senates have long played a key role in developing curriculum and protecting open inquiry. State leaders have also accused them of liberal indoctrination.
Analysis: Giving professors freedom, so long as they agree with politicians
Read full article: Analysis: Giving professors freedom, so long as they agree with politiciansLt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants to revoke tenure for professors teaching lessons about race that he disagrees with. Itโs a new chapter of an old fight between academics and populist politicians.
Pete Gallegoโs relatively short tenure as president of Sul Ross University was mired in conflict โ from the campus to the Texas Capitol
Read full article: Pete Gallegoโs relatively short tenure as president of Sul Ross University was mired in conflict โ from the campus to the Texas CapitolThe politician turned college president got stuck in a fight over which university system should manage the university. And he faced pushback from faculty and members of the Far West Texas community about his decisions and leadership style.
Sul Ross State University president Pete Gallego announces resignation
Read full article: Sul Ross State University president Pete Gallego announces resignationA little more than a year after taking the top job at the West Texas school, the former lawmaker has announced he is leaving at the end of the school year.