There is no limit to how many buyouts the university can accept from each department. The university does not yet know how much the buyout program will save or how much it will pay out to employees through the program.
Faculty
Posted inEl Paso
EPCC VP Smith turns chance hire into impactful 37-year career
Longtime educational leader to step down after influencing workforce training, early college high schools and strengthening college’s STEM program.
Posted inFort Worth
Christopher Watts, TCU nursing and health sciences dean, dies at 53
Watts was remembered by family and colleagues as a caring mentor, loving father and dedicated researcher.
Posted inFort Worth
UTA offers buyouts to some faculty, staff as it grapples with financial challenges
Federal funding cuts and international student enrollment drops are contributing to the university’s budget concerns.
Posted inFort Worth
After 59 years, TCC’s longest-serving professor hangs up his hat
At 83, Larry Story is the last remaining founding faculty member.
Posted inTexas
Texas State System dissolves faculty senates, eroding professors’ influence on campuses
While other universities move to preserve the advisory bodies, Texas State will abolish them under a new state law that curtails faculty’s influence on campuses.
Posted inSan Antonio
Alamo Colleges proposes cutting faculty senates by 89 members in response to new Texas law
The changes come after the Texas Legislature passed a measure limiting the role of faculty senates.
Posted inTexas
Texas lawmakers are scrutinizing university professors’ influence. Here’s how faculty shape their universities.
Faculty senates have long played a key role in developing curriculum and protecting open inquiry. State leaders have also accused them of liberal indoctrination.
Posted inPittsburgh
‘There was no other option’: Chatham faculty pause union representation bid
Chatham University’s faculty organizing committee has withdrawn from continuing National Labor Relations Board hearings with the school’s administration, effectively stopping unionization efforts, for now.