Who's Behind Proposed Reforms to Texas Higher Ed?
The recent hiring of Rick O’Donnell, a higher education reform advocate with a healthy doubt of the value of academic research, as a special adviser to the board of regents at the University of Texas System has some observers — worried about the implications for the University of Texas at Austin — playing connect the dots.
The leadership of the Association of American Universities, the country’s most elite collection of research universities, has already expressed discomfort with reforms being implemented at the Texas A&M University System. Senate Higher Education Chairwoman Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, worries that “if they tie this ...
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Charles D Stephens via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Friends "SOMETHING,SOMETHING JUST AIN'T RIGHT".......
Kenneth Collier
I don't understand why Rick Perry was so anxious to push to provide millions to make another Texas school a "tier 1" university and then turn around and work to eliminate so much of what makes our universities top tier.
Rudy Gonzales
Anything remotely attached to Rick Perry must be suspicious.
Here's how Texas ranks - Thanks to Rick Perry:
— Tax expenditures per capita (47th)
— Percent of population 25 and older with a high school diploma (50th)
— Percent of poor people covered by Medicaid (49th)
— Percent of population with employer-based health insurance (48th)
— Per capita spending on mental health (50th)
— Per capita spending on Medicaid (49th)
— Percent of non-elderly women with health insurance (50th)
— Percent of women receiving prenatal care in first trimester (50th)
— Average credit score (49th)
— Workers' compensation coverage (50th)
— Number of executions (1st)
— Public school enrollment (2nd)
— Percent of uninsured children (1st)
— Percent of children living in poverty (4th)
— Percent of population uninsured (1st)
— Percent of population living below poverty (4th)
— Percent of population with food insecurity (2nd)
— Overall birth rate (2nd)
— Amount of carbon dioxide emissions (1st)
— Amount of toxic chemicals released into water (1st)
— Amount of hazardous waste generated (1st)
C Baker
Most of your list can be attributed to...Illegal aliens..thanks Rick
And again, Since Perry gave them in state tuition rates, they'll get vouchers too...
C Baker
This is the dumbing down of Texas higher education.
We don't need research scientists, we'll just import them from China later.....
Send those guys back to Colorado where they belong...
A state that's always been jealous of Texas.
One more reason to get Perry out for good, if he wants to support garbage like this!