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- Will the Texas Teachers Retirement System change from a "defined benefit" plan to a "defined contribution" plan in 2013?
- Over 100 discipline-specific programs are coming to Frisco, Texas.
- Developmental studies, adult education, and selective enrollment, oh my!
- Community College Research Center paints a skeptical picture of performance funding as practiced by states so far.
- Job training and core curriculum go head to head or hand in hand?
- Convention Financial Planning Seminars will include a presentations on Social Security and personal finance/retirement.
- Meningitis law wreaking havoc on college enrollment, health providers and pharmacies.
- YouTube Creator Playbook helpful in creating various lectures, interviews, class discussions, debates online!
- A clear syllabus can prevent incivility by being written while asking a few simple questions of yourself.
- Abolishing the lecture; students disagree.
- "Teaching and Civilization": The focus of the 2012 Convention Keynote speaker.
- Textbook price comparison shopping services built by students for students.
- “Teaching for Student Success," TCCTA welcomes 2012 Professional Development speaker, Patrick Allitt, Emory University.
- Fifteen GIFTS (Great Ideas for Teaching Students) offered at the 2012 Convention!
- The 36th Annual Salary Survey offers information on salaries as well as supplemental benefits such as release time, sabbatical leave, on-site child care, and paid dependent insurance coverage.
- All incoming Texas college students, under 30, must be vaccinated against bacterial meningitis as of January 1, 2012.
- The first Aspen Prize for graduation and employment rates awarded to Valencia College in Florida.
- Early Start summer programs for Developmental Education?
- A major business group sponsors negative billboards on Texas freeways. {More...}
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TCCTA Legislative Resources for 2011:
TCCTA "tracked" bills for 2010
Developmental Education "Talking Points"
Textbook Selection "Talking Points"
Performance Funding “Talking Points”
Proportionality "Talking Points"
Guide to Political Participation
TCCTA Messenger
TCCTA Messenger
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