History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
Youth Voice in School Finance
NEW REPORT: Los Angeles' road to A-G for all
Without Dollars and Sense Powerpoint
Past Educational Opportunity Reports
Why U. of Texas academics blasted Gov. Rick Perry
- 08-30-2011
-
Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) is not only fighting the Obama administration over K-12 education, but is also in a battle with academic leaders in the University of Texas system over the future of higher education in the state. The controversy revolves around a set of proposals for higher education reform that was issued by the conservative Texas Public Policy Foundation, a think tank linked to Perry. The “7 Solutions” advanced to improve higher education in the state promote business-driven changes that would view students as customers and evaluate faculty members by the tuition revenue they generate. In a response entitled “Maintaining Excellence and Efficiency at the University of Texas at Austin, leading academics at the University of Texas at Austin bluntly wrote that the proposals “seek to approach complex issues with “simple tools” or “one-size-fits-all” solutions.” “If implemented, they will likely lead to structural changes in higher education that will leave Texas lagging behind other states and drive top students and faculty away. Put simply, this is the wrong approach,” it said. (more...)
Send this
Print this
