Southern Methodist University announced athletic director Rick Hart will step down later this year. After 13 years of service ...

The board announced last week that Jay Hartzell, currently president of the much larger University of Texas at Austin, will be Southern Methodist’s next president. Ruth Graham is a national ...

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 ...

A six-year legal battle between the United Methodist Church and Southern Methodist University is reaching the Texas Supreme Court today. The crux of the issue is who controls the university—its ...

After five years leading his alma mater, University of Texas President Jay Hartzell is leaving June 1 to become the next president of Southern Methodist University ... Hartzell's departure ...

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 a ...

Southern Methodist University has named its successor to current president Gerald Turner in the wake of his retirement, naming current University of Texas at Austin President Jay Hartzell to the ...

Many were shocked Tuesday when University of Texas at Austin President Jay Hartzell announced he’d be leaving the 53,000-student public school to lead Southern Methodist University, a growing ...

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 ...

The departure of the University of Texas at Austin’s president has kindled a discussion about the pressures facing public colleges in states that have targeted higher education.