Since 2011, the State of Texas has spent over $45 million on TEXAS grants for illegal immigrants.
Higher Education
Campus Carry: Effective Today
The bill to allow handgun licensees to carry concealed in public university buildings went into effect today.
Sen. Schwertner: Freeze Tuition Increases
In recent years the cost of higher education has skyrocketed exponentially, pricing more and more Texans out of many college options as administrators rampantly raise tuition and fees. In an effort to control the issue, State Sen. Charles Schwertner (R-Georgetown) has...
Amongst Cheesy Emails, A Bitter Conflict Brews Over Open Records
Dozens of documents delivered to Empower Texans in response to a Public Information Act request for correspondence between outgoing UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa and State Senator Judith Zaffirini demonstrate a complex relationship between the two officials....
Culture of Clout-Abuse?
When people entrusted with a public office act as though they are above the law, the governing system needs a new set of leaders.
No One Would Be Watching
Kel Seliger seemingly believes he works for the bureaucracy, not the taxpayers.
The Rising Cost of Higher Education
School is just around the corner and for nearly every student returning to a public university in Texas something will be noticeably different - their costs have increased! But wait, I thought the point of public universities was to provide Texans with a quality...
Money To Play With
The next time bureaucrats in higher education complain about parents, students and legislators suggesting there should be more oversight of our state-financed institutions, ask them about universities buying restaurants far above market-value. And for no immediate...
Remember When Higher Education Used To Be About Education?
Didn’t universities used to be in the business of education? After UT Law School Dean Larry Sager was pressured to resign, taxpayers are now learning of compensation packages for his faculty that would make Wall Street executives blush. The resignation of University...
Student loan “forgiveness” not a virtue
Reality must intrude, and so it does.