The dispute, which some critics say tests the church’s autonomy, reached the Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday for arguments.

Jay Hartzell will lead a vastly different campus environment at Southern Methodist University after leaving the University of ...

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

The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case that could determine whether the United Methodist Church controls ...

The Texas Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in an ongoing legal saga between the United Methodist Church and ...

DALLAS – Southern Methodist University has named a new president. Jay Hartzell, currently president of the University of ...

Southern Methodist University told Texas Supreme Court justices Wednesday it's controlled solely by its board of trustees, ...

University of Texas president Jay Hartzell announced Tuesday that he's leaving to helm Southern Methodist University in ...

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

SMU is hiring University of Texas President Jay Hartzell as its next leader, a major shakeup in higher education that will open a vacuum at one of the state’s most influential public institutions.

University of Texas President Jay Hartzell is leaving UT to become the next president of Southern Methodist University, the ...

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