University of Texas at Tyler associate professor, Dr. Yanira Oliveras, was selected to serve as a committee member for the Texas Education Agency (TEA). Oliveras teaches at UT Tyler’s College of Education and Psychology and is the co-founder of the university’s Doctor of Education in school improvement degree.

John Zerwas, who faces a regents vote Wednesday before becoming chancellor, spoke to the Statesman about what led him here and how he will lead.

Two Houston professors have responded to Texas lawmakers’ assault on independent faculty governance by creating their own faux faculty senate.

International enrollment is projected to dip at universities in Texas this coming school year under new federal policies, costing the schools millions of dollars in tuition.

The vote on Friday made Texas State the first of the state’s seven university systems to adopt changes stemming from Senate Bill 37, which limits faculty influence on campus.