Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael Nietzel, former college president, writes on higher education University of Texas at Austin President Jay Hartzell is ...

University of Texas President Jay Hartzell is leaving UT to become the next president of Southern Methodist University, the private school announced Tuesday. The announcement is the latest in a string ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- University of Texas at Austin President Jay Hartzell said Tuesday he is leaving the UT System's flagship school to become the next president of Southern Methodist University, marking ...

The Texas Supreme Court ruled June 27, 2025, that the United Methodist Church can sue Southern Methodist University to enforce more control over the school, which the church founded in 1911. The ...

A developer’s plan to build housing that would require a wastewater treatment plant in Georgetown is causing a stir for residents living nearby. KXAN's Nabil Remadna looks at the impacts on Austin ...

Students play football on the lawn in front of Dallas Hall on Monday, March 6, 2023, at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. A multi-year fight over whether Southern Methodist University can ...

Jay Hartzell will lead a vastly different campus environment at Southern Methodist University after leaving the University of Texas presidency for the top job at the Dallas campus. Eric Gay / ...

AUSTIN — A regional branch of the United Methodist Church with jurisdiction over Southern Methodist University can sue SMU for breach-of-contract claims as a third-party beneficiary, the Texas Supreme ...

Dallas Hall on the Southern Methodist University Campus in Dallas, Texas. (Jeffrey Beall/Wikimedia Commons) (CN) — Southern Methodist University urged the Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday to throw out ...

A contentious, six-year legal battle between the United Methodist Church and Southern Methodist University is coming before the Texas Supreme Court today. The controversy centers around who maintains ...

DALLAS – JANUARY 23: A student walks on the Southern Methodist University (SMU) campus January 23, 2007 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Brian Harkin/Getty Images) Southern Methodist University in Dallas ...