July 10, 2011
Texas Coalitions Spar Over Scholars' Time, Research, Pay
Professors are the targets in Gov. Rick Perry's plan to reform higher education
Bob Daemmrich for The Chronicle
Gene Powell, chairman of the U. of Texas Board of Regents, hired an adviser who sought data about faculty productivity. The adviser was eventually dismissed, but the controversial data were published.
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Bob Daemmrich for The Chronicle
Gene Powell, chairman of the U. of Texas Board of Regents, hired an adviser who sought data about faculty productivity. The adviser was eventually dismissed, but the controversial data were published.
Austin, Tex.
Depending on whom you talk to in Texas these days, college professors are either elitist intellectuals oblivious to the financial struggles of their students or hard-working teachers and researchers being pressured to churn out graduates like widgets on a production line.
And no matter where you fall in this increasingly divisive debate, there's an interest group armed with colorful sound bites, well-heeled supporters, and a conviction that the future of higher education here hangs in
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