For the past 46 years, tuition revenue bonds have been used to effectively keep state debt on university balance sheets – a lack of systematization of TRB authorizations hurts Texas higher education. The paper is an overview of the history of TRBs in Texas, with recommendations for how the TRB authorization process can be improved.
For Whom Belle Tolls: An End to Accreditors’ Wheelan and Dealing?
A recent Inside Higher Ed article (IHE) on the college accreditor, SACS (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools) reveals—albeit, unintentionally—a great deal about the disconnect between the higher-education establishment and the rest of the country. Half puff-piece, half press coverage, the article anguishes over “the political trials of a Southern accreditor,” and especially its longtime...