From the Huffington Post: The Texas Model of Higher Education Reform

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thomas-lindsay-phd/texas-education-reform_b_1646482.html

The Texas Model of Higher Education Reform

Thomas K. Lindsay, Ph.D.

Director of the Center for Higher Education at the Texas Public Policy Foundation

"The past few weeks have been eventful for higher education in Texas, and their results may well ripple across the country. The great dilemma faced by both Texas and every other state in the union is how simultaneously to rescue public higher education's business model and increase student learning. Texas has long been known for thinking big. Its approach to higher education reform is no exception. It has begun a two-track reform effort that consists not only of expanding its signature, $10,000-degree programs but also, and more importantly, of introducing measures to increase the transparency with which public colleges and universities operate."