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Assessing priorities at TSU
This Jeannie Kever/Chronicle article follows up on new Texas Southern University President John Rudley's efforts to find a place for the institution within Houston's changing marketplace for university education (prior posts on TSU are here). Beyond academic programs that remain...
Continuing to suspend reality on financing the soccer stadium
This earlier post addressed the economic absurdity of having financially-strapped Texas Southern University make an investment in the long-proposed Houston Dynamo downtown soccer stadium. However, why is it that common sense seems to evaporate into thin air whenever either TSU...
Suspending reality on financing the soccer stadium
Look, I realize that the reasoning in support of public financing for the proposed Houston Dynamo soccer stadium has not been particularly rational. But this Chronicle article takes the cake in terms of suspending reality. Chron reporters Bernando Fallas...
Re-defining TSU
Leave it to new Texas Southern University President, John Rudley. He's not wasting any time before trying to shake things up at the chronically-troubled public university (previous posts here): Texas Southern University's new president wants to end the school's long-standing...
The First and Last 100 Days?
Over at the University of Houston, the university is celebrating the arrival of its impressive new Chancellor and President, Renu Khator. As a part of that celebration, the university has posted this interesting website entitled Building Our Future: The First...
Mistrial declared in the Slade case
The criminal trial of former Texas Southern University president Priscilla Slade (previous posts here) ended in a mistrial Friday afternoon after four days of jury deliberations could not break a deadlocked jury that was essentially evenly split. The trial had...
Slade elects not to testify
The defense rested Thursday in the criminal trial of former Texas Southern University president Priscilla Slade (previous posts here) without the defendant taking the stand in her own defense. Slade told the Chronicle that she felt "wonderful" about the conclusion...
The Slade trial begins
The criminal trial of former Texas Southern University President Priscilla Slade on charges of misappropirating TSU property begins today at the county criminal courthouse in downtown Houston (previous posts here). Harris County prosecutors and Mike DeGeurin, Ms. Slade's defense counsel,...
Nothing changes at TSU
As bad as Texas Southern University's chronic problems are, they can be resolved through a combination of forceful leadership and common sense. However, intractable local and state political forces prevent TSU's problems from being addressed effectively. Consequently, it is somehow...
Rearranging the deck chairs at TSU
So, the regents who Texas Governor Rick Perry appointed to oversee Texas Southern University have now all resigned as a result of the latest edition of the chronic scandals at the institution. Governor Perry now plans on appointing five new...
Update on university endowments
The financing of public universities (see here and here) and college education generally (see here) have been frequent topics recently, so this National Association of College and University Business Officers publication ranking the 765 top endowments of U.S. universities is...
What to do about TSU?
Earlier this week, the discussion in Texas education circles was the University of Houston's proposal to establish a third medical school in the Texas Medical School in conjunction with The Methodist Hospital and Cornell University. Today, the discussion turns toward...
Piling on in the Slade case
This Chronicle article reports that the criminal case of former Texas Southern University president Priscilla Slade does not appear to be moving toward an amicable resolution: The Harris County District Attorney's Office is investigating suspicions that former Texas Southern University...
Academic wrangling
Turns out that former Texas Southern University president Priscilla Slade's decision to teach accounting at the school -- while under indictment for accounting irregularities -- was not a good idea. The school announced yesterday that Ms. Slade has been put...
Priscilla Slade is doing what?
Former Texas Southern University President Priscilla Slade, who is currently under indictment on charges relating to alleged use of as much as $1.9 million of school property for her personal benefit, and who is currently suing TSU over her firing...
Say what?
According to this Chronicle article, State Representative Harold Dutton chose the keynote address at the summer commencement ceremonies of Texas Southern University to declare who is truly responsible for the recent scandal involving former TSU president, Priscilla Slade: Along with...
Former TSU President Slade indicted
After a six-month investigation, the shoe finally dropped on former Texas Southern University president Priscilla Slade. A Harris County Grand Judy indicted her yesterday on charges relating to alleged use of up to $1.9 million of school property for her...
TSU cans Slade for cause
The Board of Regents of Texas Southern University voted Monday to terminate the employment of embattled TSU president Priscilla Slade for cause after an outside law firm's report concluded that Slade and TSU's former chief financial officer had violated TSU...
The "Hail Mary" strategy
Embattled Texas Southern University President Priscilla Slade has apparently decided to take a page from the playbook of Steve Spurrier -- that is, an aggressive offense is the best defense. According to this Matthew Tresaugue/Chronicle article, President Slade -- who...
The $138,000 oversight
Something tells me that this is not going to turn out well: Texas Southern University President Priscilla Slade has reimbursed the university more than $138,000 for the cost of landscaping her new home, according to records released Wednesday. Slade, who...
As the STCL World Turns
South Texas College of Law is one of three law schools in the Houston area (the University of Houston Law Center and Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law are the others) and the only private institution of the...
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