Texas Community College Teachers Association

Comprised of educators from every teaching discipline, as well as counselors, librarians, and administrators, the Texas Community College Teachers Association's members come from all public and independent two-year colleges in Texas. TCCTA is -- by far --the largest organization of postsecondary educators in Texas.

News/Announcements

• The 2013 Great Teaching Round-Up Reading List!
• Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board survives Sunset Review.
• SB 497 places a cap on the number of semester hours required for an associates degree.
• Appropriations bill contains a broad outline for outcomes-based funding o be phased in over several years.
• Guns on Campus Bills:
  • Guns-In-Locked-Cars Bill (HB 1907) passes both chambers
  • HB 972 passes with Local Opt-Out
  • TCCTA urges action
• SB 1458: "TRS Bill" will head to the governor for signature or veto.
• SB 1812: "50-50 Bill" passed both chambers in the waning days of the Regular Session.
• Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board launches a Web site to compare higher education institutions by criteria.
• The evolution of teacher-student relationship and social media.
• HB 3498 requires universities to place class averages on student transcripts beside the letter grade for each course.
• Confusion stalls/ends student success.

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