MARBLE FALLS — The Highland Lakes Legacy Fund held its annual Celebration of Giving at the Lakeside Pavilion on Nov. 3 to recognize some of the people and organizations whose efforts improve the lives of Highland Lakes residents. Four awards were presented: • The Legacy Philanthropic Award went to Carolyn and Marc Seriff for their
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Forgive our failure to understand the math and geography of modern college athletics as we ponder Texas AM University’s talk of leaving the Big 12 (already down to 10 schools) and Texas Christian University’s move from the Mountain West (we don’t recall Fort Worth being mountainous) to the Big East. The previous departures that left
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For Texas AM fans, life as a member of the Southeastern Conference almost feels like a given now. Others aren’t so sure. State Rep. Dan Branch, R-Dallas and chairman of the Committee on Higher Education, says he was assured by AM officials that the Aggies won’t join the SEC after rss Read the Original Article
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This letter is in response to the article by David Watts in Sunday’s paper. I’m very surprised by his view of education and senior citizens. His theory that technology is the answer to all our woes is a joke. Just this week, technology put two more large companies out of business, putting thousands more people
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One thing about a good ruckus: it gets everybody talking about whatever problem is at hand. One thing it doesn’t do is guarantee that out of the talking will come panoply of useful solutions.  Take the current controversy over reducing fast-rising costs at Texas public colleges and universities, which didn’t turn into a controversy until
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The Big Conversation: The House and Senate made big progress on budget negotiations Monday, but maybe not enough to avoid a special session. The committee tasked with reconciling the House and Senate versions of the budget came to an agreement yesterday on everything in the budget except for public and higher education funding, the Tribune’s
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The outspoken former UT dean and Boston University president on higher education’s past, present and future — including his opinion of U.S. News World Report rankings, and Howard Zinn and online degree programs. rss Read the Original Article Here: http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/higher-education/john-silber-the-interview/?utm_source=texastribune.org&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Tribune%20Feed:%20Main%20Feed http://www.dailytrib.com/index.php?format=feed&type=rss the feed url

<!– <!– This week’s TribCast features Evan, Reeve, Ben and Emily discussing the holdup with abortion sonogram legislation, cuts to public education, and bickering in higher education. Download audio file rss Read the Original Article Here: http://www.texastribune.org/texas-legislature/texas-legislature/the-weekly-tribcast-episode-70/?utm_source=texastribune.org&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Tribune%20Feed:%20Main%20Feed http://www.dailytrib.com/index.php?format=feed&type=rss the feed url

I’m sorry to hear that the university’s $750 million endowment has fallen in value to $500 million because of the recession and because your bank died. I’m also sorry to hear that you’re dealing with declining enrollment due to the fact that middle-class families are no longer willing or able to bet their homes on
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