Southern Methodist University Wants to Sever Ties to Its Church. Can the Church Stop It?
The dispute, which some critics say tests the church’s autonomy, reached the Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday for arguments.
Ecumenical News6h
Southern Methodist University wants to cut church ties, but keep denomination name
The Texas Supreme Court is hearing a case over church control of Southern Methodist University (SMU) regarding a dispute with ...
Inside Higher Ed3d
SMU Wants to Separate From the Church but Keep the ‘Methodist’
The Texas Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in an ongoing legal saga between the United Methodist Church and ...
University Of Texas President Hartzell Leaving To Head Up SMU
University of Texas Austin President Jay Hartzell is leaving his position to become the next president of Southern Methodist ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education4d
Transitions: Dillard U. Interim President to Become Permanent; Southern Methodist U. Names New President
CHIEF EXECUTIVES Appointments Tim Casper, executive vice president for student affairs at Madison College, has been named ...
Texas Monthly2d
Very Well, I Shall Be the President of the University of Texas
The job abandoned by Jay Hartzell last week requires withstanding pressure from the highest offices in the state and ...
The Texas Tribune on MSN13d
SMU’s bid to split from United Methodist Church heads to Texas Supreme Court
A multi-year fight over whether Southern Methodist University can separate itself from the United Methodist Church is ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education23h
Is Leading a Red-State Flagship More Trouble Than It’s Worth?
The departure of the University of Texas at Austin’s president has kindled a discussion about the pressures facing public ...
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University of Texas president Jay Hartzell departing for SMU
University of Texas president Jay Hartzell announced Tuesday that he's leaving to helm Southern Methodist University in ...
‘America is experiencing heart failure,’ Dallas fourth grader declares in MLK Jr. speech
Deon Harris, a fourth grader at J.P. Starks Math, Science and Technology Vanguard in Dallas, won first place at the 33rd ...