Southern Methodist University in Dallas and the United Methodist Church are set to deliver oral arguments in the Texas ...

A multi-year fight over whether Southern Methodist University can separate itself from the United Methodist Church is heading ...

University of Texas President Jay Hartzell is leaving his post atop one of the state's most influential public schools and ...

In layman's terms, the fight is over who owns the nonprofit private university and has the authority to set its rules.

The Texas Supreme Court set oral arguments in the case of SMU and the United Methodist Church's South Central Jurisdictional ...

Hartzell leaves UT-Austin after four years of tense political battles and legislative efforts to implement a more ...

Psychology researcher Alicia Meuret told The New York Times that her recent study showed doctors and therapists should focus ...

South in 1911 — which is now part of the United Methodist Church — it is nonsectarian in its teaching and enrolls students of all religious backgrounds. SMU has over 12,000 students ...

Southern Methodist University is set to appear in the Texas Supreme Court in a bid to separate from the United Methodist ...

In 2019, SMU leadership changed its articles of incorporation and declared that its board of trustees was the “ultimate authority” over the university, not the United Methodist Church.