Faculty Lounge University of Texas Can’t Hide Scandal behind Privacy Laws Spencer Irvine May 18, 2015 FERPA (or the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) is commonly used to hide information from the public, but this…
Events, Guest Articles, News Texas College Administrator says Too Little Investment in College Nick Kowalski May 14, 2015 At the South by Southwest education conference in Austin, Texas recently, on a panel entitled “What’s Next for Access and…
Events, Guest Articles, News Kiss of Debt Nick Kowalski May 13, 2015 Beth Akers of the Brookings Institution, co-author of controversial research on the status of student loans, downplays the significance of…
Events, Guest Articles, News School Choice: The Milwaukee Magnet Nick Kowalski May 11, 2015 When it becomes successful in their own backyards, even die-hard liberals support school choice. “I support [means-tested, not universal] vouchers,…
Faculty Lounge Texas College Students Upset at Pro-Life Display Spencer Irvine April 8, 2015 A pro-life display, with crosses representing the number of abortions a day, has riled up at least 200 people at…
Faculty Lounge Texas Students Offended by Jefferson Davis Statue, OKs Resolution to Remove It Spencer Irvine March 31, 2015 The statue of the Confederate leader could be moved off-campus because current University of Texas-Austin students deem it offensive to…
Guest Articles Texas School Rejects Censorship as Matter of Principal Tony Perkins March 13, 2015 Texas is known for a lot of things — but pushovers aren’t one of them. The Freedom From Religion Foundation…
Faculty Lounge Texas may Force State Colleges to Perform before Raising Tuition Spencer Irvine March 11, 2015 The state’s senate body is deciding whether to force colleges and universities to fulfill performance-based criteria in order to hike…
Faculty Lounge Texas School District tried to Pick and Choose which Religious Speech to Allow Spencer Irvine March 2, 2015 Interesting court case at the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, where an advertisement was not allowed by a Texas…
Faculty Lounge Concealed Carry Efforts at Texas Colleges Drives Houston Chronicle Nuts Spencer Irvine February 23, 2015 The Houston Chronicle claimed the concealed carry efforts on Texas college campuses could siphon away money from universities. Yeah, they…
Faculty Lounge Texas Faculty Told Not to Support On-Campus Carry Efforts for Students Spencer Irvine February 19, 2015 Talk about an attempt to suppress free speech and Second Amendment rights. The faculty council chair at the University of…
Faculty Lounge Hate Crime Hoax: Muslim Student Lies about Intimidation Spencer Irvine February 17, 2015 Is this new culture of Millennials hell-bent on creating stories to get press and become famous? A student in Texas claimed…
