Supporters of a family and traditional values center at Texas A&M University plan to continue battling to pass a bill in the student senate that supports equal funding for a traditional values center in addition to the GLBT center on campus, even though the bill was vetoed by the More…
The author of a House budget amendment on ‘traditional values’ centers on college campuses said he doesn’t know if the legislation will affect existing LGBT centers — which are funded primarily through student fees and donations, rather than “appropriated funds” specified by the amendment. When asked, state Rep. More…
The Texas branch of FreedomWorks has thrust itself into the debate over controversial higher education policies pushed by Gov. Rick Perry and allies. An online petition titled, “Higher Education Reform for Texas NOW!” has drawn about 1,500 signatures so far, on the group’s website.
The chair of the Senate Committee on Higher Education has filed a comprehensive public information request for documents related to university proposals created by an ally of Gov. Rick Perry and pushed by the governor. Preliminary responses to the request have already yielded new evidence of the governor’s office pressuring More…
A budget amendment requiring universities to disperse state funds equally between “gender and sexuality” centers and “family and traditional values” centers may not have much effect on its intended targets. LGBT centers at the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University are primarily funded through student fees More…
Tony McDonald, senior vice chairman of the Young Conservatives of Texas, credits his organization with helping craft the language of state Rep. Wayne Christian’s (R-Center) budget amendment requiring universities with state-funded “gender and sexuality” centers to spend an equal amount of state money on “family and traditional values” centers.
On Tuesday, the Texas Independent reported on uncertainty surrounding GLBT programs at Texas A&M University and A&M-Commerce, due to legislation by state Rep. Wayne Christian (R-Center) that would mandate universities with state-funded “gender and sexuality” centers spend an equal amount of state money on “family and traditional values” centers.
While yesterday marked the end of the Rick O’Donnell era at the University of Texas System, the imbroglio involving controversial proposals for the state’s preeminent higher education institutions is probably far from over.
Critics have said that UT-Austin and Texas A&M University are ripe for reforms to improve student More…
Robin Reid, a language and literature professor at Texas A&M University-Commerce, is working to set up a “safe space” for the gay, lesbian and transgender community at this small East Texas campus. But there may be a hitch. State Rep. Wayne Christian, R-Center, earlier this month added a provision More…
Recently, the Austin American-Statesman and Houston Chronicle each ran a story summing up the controversy swirling around a conservative think tank’s influence on higher education policy at Texas’ major universities — and Gov. Rick Perry’s role in the narrative.
Read the Texas Independent‘s most recent story in More…
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