AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas Supreme Court seemed split on what laws, if any, could decide who controls Southern Methodist ...

The board announced last week that Jay Hartzell, currently president of the much larger University of Texas at Austin, will ...

The crux of the issue is who controls the university—its Board of Trustees or the church—following the university’s 2019 attempt to distance itself. This move occurred as the church adopted stricter ...

DALLAS – Southern Methodist University has named a new president. Jay Hartzell, currently president of the University of Texas at Austin, will assume the title effective June 1 after a unanimous ...

The job abandoned by Jay Hartzell last week requires withstanding pressure from the highest offices in the state and ...

A Texas Supreme Court hearing marked the climax of a significant six-year legal battle. SMU has declared its independence ...

Southern Methodist University in Dallas tried to declare its independence after the church voted to ban gay weddings and clergy in 2019. A sign at one of the entrances to the Southern Methodist ...

The case stems from a lawsuit the United Methodist Church’s South Central Jurisdictional Conference, which runs the church’s ...

(CN) — Southern Methodist University urged the Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday to throw out a lawsuit by the Methodist ...

Southern Methodist University and the University of Texas at Austin will get funds to visit more students in rural communities and small towns. Dallas Hall at the Southern Methodist University ...