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- The Beloit College annual Mindset List, based on a survey of incoming freshmen: Read and enjoy!
- The shift from "access" to "completion" raises some provocative questions according to Terry O'Banion, president emeritus of the League for Innovation in the Community College.
- July sales tax revenue is up 2.2 percent compared to a year ago, announced Texas Comptroller Susan Combs.
- Reliable e-books, used books, open and source material links and tips available at the New York Times "Bucks" blog.
- It is predicted that the new federal health care reform law will create a greater need for nurses.
- Medicare: If you are approaching retirement and/or the age of 65, it might be a good idea to study up on how your health insurance will be affected.
- Is offering online tutoring SMARTHINKING(.com)?
- The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board conducted a major policy discussion on prospective cost efficiencies.
- Facebook as course management discussed at the "Emerging Technologies for Online Learning" conference.
- The student loan program is starting to resemble the housing bubble of recent years. Is it the next to burst?
- Faculty workload discussed at the Senate Committee on Higher Education; former TCCTA President, Danita McAnnaly invited to speak.
- Attention Math Teachers: Trading Algebra for Statistics?
- Effectiveness of Fully Online Courses for College Students: Response to a Department of Education Meta-Analysis
- GenTX seeks to foster a "college-going culture" in Texas; launching in Ft Worth and San Antonio.
- Suggestions from policy makers to "grandfather" pension systems as budgeting device anticipated.
- District judge has upheld the 2009 Texas truth-in-grading law stating districts cannot enforce policies that require a minimum grade.
- TCCTA president, Fred Newbury, testified before the Senate Committee on Higher Education addressing ways to improve developmental education in Texas.
- Amarillo College renames the Biology Building in honor of the late Steve Dutton (1991-92 TCCTA President).
- Adjunct instructors and student retention.
- Significant changes to the way institutions are funded proposed by the Commissioner of Higher Education.
- The current expansion of online higher education is historic, monumental, and scrutinized.
- Texas Teacher Retirement Pension Fund ended the first quarter with a market value of more than $96 billion.
- Late registration hinders student success theory supported by the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development.
- Dual credit courses are still less popular than Advanced Placement courses and other assessments.
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