Top 10 Higher Education State Policy Issues for 2010

Top 10 Higher Education State Policy Issues for 2010 
http://www.congressweb.com/t/l/?HMPDUWWLYMGSWBY

Recently, the American Association of State Colleges and Universities released a report which highlights the 10 issues most likely to affect public higher education institutions in the United States (AASCU, 2010). These 10 issues are:

1. States' Fiscal Crises
2. President Obama's American Graduation Initiative
3. Tuition Policy and Practices
4. Enrollment Capacity
5. State Student Aid Programs
6. Federal Focus on Community Colleges
7. Expansion of Statewide Data Systems and New Reporting Metrics
8. Veterans Education (Implementation of the Post-9/11 GI Bill and State Issues
9. College Readiness
   
10. Teacher Effectiveness
    

To read this report, please access the following link - http://www.congressweb.com/t/l/?HMPDUWWLYMGSWBY.

Refererences

American Association of State Colleges and Universities,  State Relations and Policy Analysis Research Team.  (2010).  Policy matters: Top 10 higher education state policy issues for 2010.  Retrieved from http://www.congressweb.com/aascu/docfiles  /AASCU_Top_Ten_Policy_Issues_2010.pdf

Higher Education Law (Week 5): 14th Annual Texas Higher Education Law Conference (March 29-30, 2010)

If you are interested in higher education law on the state level, please make plans to attend the upcoming Texas-based higher education law conference.

The University of North Texas College of Education and Center for Higher Education (main sponsor) and co-sponsors TACUSPA, ICUT, and TACC will hold their 14th annual Texas Higher Education Law Conference on March 29-30, 2010 in Denton, TX. This conference will focus on on issues ranging from the student loan crisis and ethical issues in higher education to "search and seizure and privacy rights of students" to "facebook and electronic social media".

The agenda for the conference is available here - http://www.unt.edu/administration/2010_Conference_Agenda.pdf.

The registration form for the conference is available here - http://www.peopleware.net/index.cfm?siteCode=2694&eventDisp=ADMIN10&CFID=27756902&CFTOKEN=267e06-4d02221d-27c9-4ed2-8b74-205e2a62726e.

For more information, please contact Richard Fossey (UNT Center for Higher Education) via email Richard.Fossey@unt.edu or via telephone (940) 565-2514.

Higher Education Law (Week 3): Higher Education Law - Books

Most masters and doctoral programs focused on student affairs/higher education require a higher education law course. However, if someone is interested in the field but is not currently enrolled in graduate school, they could purchase (or request through their library's interlibrary loan system) one of the following higher education law books.

 

The Law of Higher Education by William A. Kaplin and Barbara A. Lee (Paperback - Jul 20, 2007) - Student Edition

The Law And Higher Education: Cases And Materials on Colleges in Court Third Edition by Michael A. Olivas (Hardcover - April 30, 2006)

Contemporary Issues in Higher Education Law by Joseph Beckham and David Dagley (Paperback - Jul 31, 2005)

Higher Education Law: The Faculty by Steven G. Poskanzer (Paperback - Dec 20, 2001)

Higher Education and the Law, Cases and Materials (University Casebook Series) by Judith C. Areen (Hardcover - Dec 19, 2008)

A Legal Guide for Student Affairs Professionals: Adapted from The Law of Higher Education (Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education Series) by William A. Kaplin and Barbara A. Lee (Hardcover - May 9, 1997)

*These books are not listed in any particular order. This list of books was gathered from a series of Amazon.com and BN.com searches. 

Higher Education Law (Week 2): Texas Higher Education Law

Student affairs practitioners and higher education faculty who are interested in Texas higher education law should should access the following links:

• Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board: Key Recommendations for the 81 Texas Legislature - http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/reports/PDF/1683.PDF?CFID=4792781&CFTOKEN=14382716 

• Texas House of Representatives: Archived Broadcasts of Live Coverage (Higher Education) http://www.house.state.tx.us/committees/broadcasts.php?session=81&committeeCode=290 

• Texas Senate: Video/Audio Archives (Committee on Education) http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/commit/c530/c530.htm 

• Texas Legislature Online: House Committee Meetings (Hearing Notices, Minutes, Witness List) http://www.legis.state.tx.us/Committees/MeetingsByCmte.aspx?Leg=81&Chamber=H&CmteCode=C290 

• Texas Legislature Online: Bills By Committee (In Committee & Bills Out-of-Committee) http://www.legis.state.tx.us/Reports/Report.aspx?ID=committee&LegSess=81R&Code=C560

June 2009 - Higher Education Law (Weeks 1-5)

This month's blog topic is focused on higher education law. Specifically, the TACUSPA blog will focus on various higher education law resources that are available to readers for free on the internet.


Specifically, we will focus on recent higher education law conference proceedings, higher education law books, annual Texas Higher Education Law Conference, and the latest Texas higher education legislation (in committee and out-of-committee).


Sincerely,



The TACUSPA Graduate Education and Research Commission