Last month, for the third consecutive year, UTSA was awarded an “A” ranking by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) for its core curriculum. This recognition is awarded to schools...

On Nov. 12 San Antonio City Council member Cris Medina will go public with a plastic bag ban proposal. This ban will likely be similar to Austin’s ban, which prohibits single-use plastic bags found...

If you believe student-athletes are not being properly compensated for playing sports you have never gone to college. This debate has grown in the last decade from a few complaints and suggestions,...

The Texas Tribune published an article last week regarding an approaching deadline for a Texas higher education plan that was enacted in 2000. The plan, titled Closing the Gaps (CTG), set out to make...

When the Coordinated Admissions Program (CAP) began in 2001 UTSA’s admission rate was essentially 100 percent, fewer than 20,000 students were enrolled here and we were without a football team, a...

When the Coordinated Admissions Program (CAP) began in 2001 UTSA’s admission rate was essentially 100 percent, fewer than 20,000 students were enrolled here and we were without a football team, a...

A few weeks ago, the San Antonio Express-News published an article proclaiming that San Antonio is “a ‘college town’ without the name.” Citing the city’s high number of students enrolled in...

As we wrote last week, our government of the people, by the people and for the people is failing, and not just nationally or in regard to the current government shutdown. Texas, we also have a problem. ...

Anyone taking a basic American politics class can tell you that we have a government of the people, by the people and for the people. Our elected officials are sent to the Capitol to represent the...

Texas is back in the national headlines, and not for the right reasons. The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) is in the process of reviewing science textbooks that will be in classrooms for the...

UTSA held its elections for officers in Student Government Association last week and, as usual, no one voted. Student government elections at UTSA are considered a success if 5% of the student body...

Photo Credit: J. Corey Franco Last week, it was announced that the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the College for All Texans Foundation would be partnering with education...