Public universities could stand more accountability - JUSTIN KEENER, HOUSTON CHRONICLE

Texans like to keep a close eye on their government. That is why financial transparency is state policy, and anyone can go to Tex asTransparency.org and see where many of their tax dollars are being spent. Building upon Texas' nationally-recognized reforms, House Bill 2504 by state Rep. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, was passed unanimously by the Legislature, requiring more openness from our state's public universities. But no good deed goes unpunished, and Texas is now under rhetorical attack from certain academic institutions and faculty associations. The Dallas Morning News quoted a University of Texas at Dallas professor who called the new law "an insulting mistrust of higher education faculty."