University classrooms are morphing into places most alumni would find strange. The days of traditional half-moon-shaped lecture halls with stadium-style seating for students is no longer in vogue. Students in today’s digital world demand much more. Sophisticated tech-savvy students want and expect unblemished, easy access to digital devices in classrooms and they want lots of […]
Partnerships involving hotels, universities and developers are becoming extremely common. And, while not widely known, hotels, developers and institutions of higher education have collaborated in a myriad of ways for decades. Most notable in Texas, the University of Houston has enjoyed an enviable relationship for many years with Hilton Hotels through the university’s Conrad N. […]
There have been thousands of stories written about millennials – how they work, what they expect from life, where they prefer to live, how unconcerned they are about owning a car and why they move from job to job. We all know a lot about millennials because we’ve almost studied them to death. But now […]
It is almost impossible to find an individual whose life hasn’t been touched by a cancer diagnosis. Last year, more than 1.6 million people in the United States became new cancer patients. Around the world, more than 8 million lives per year are lost to some type of the disease. For many, the treatments are […]
The doors of the new Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin haven’t opened yet, but officials already are working toward making the medical school a national leader in health care innovation. Medical school Founding Dean Clay Johnston, M.D., has his sights set on reinventing the Austin school and setting what could […]
The new University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) made headlines recently when it opened its doors because it is the state’s newest four-year university and medical school. Now, it is making headlines again — this time as it becomes the first university in the nation to offer an all-digital degree program. Students enrolled in the […]
The outcome of a Texas Attorney General’s opinion sought by the Brazos County Attorney’s office could have a significant impact on some public-private partnerships in Texas. Brazos County Attorney Rodney Anderson has asked for a legal opinion from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton as to whether a private development built on university-owned land is subject […]