Citing student demand and growing industry needs, the Texas Tech University System announced Friday that it will seek to open a veterinary medicine school in the coming years.
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Matthew Watkins began serving as editor in chief of the Tribune in September 2024. He is a Texas native, born in Houston and raised in Austin. He attended Texas A&M University and has spent his entire professional career in Texas journalism, including stints at The Eagle in Bryan-College Station and The Dallas Morning News. Matthew joined The Texas Tribune in 2015 has held various roles, including higher education reporter, breaking news editor and politics editor. He has helped guide the Tribune's award-winning journalism that has included coverage of six legislative sessions, multiple election cycles, natural disasters and political scandals. He lives in Austin with his wife, Susan, and their two children.
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Higher Education
Houston Senator Calls UT System’s New Campus Plan an “Affront”
In a letter sent Wednesday to University of Texas System Chancellor Bill McRaven, state Sen. John Whitmire joined a growing number of legislators asking the UT System to pause and reconsider its plans to open a branch campus in his hometown of Houston.
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Higher Education
With Federal Funding Elusive, Professors Crowdfund Research
With federal funding more difficult to obtain, University of Texas at Austin researchers are resorting to crowdfunding to pay for their projects.
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Higher Education
UH Regents Authorize Hiking Football Coach’s Salary to $3 Million
Amid a successful first season, the University of Houston System Board of Regents voted Thursday to authorize school officials to more than double the salary of football coach Tom Herman to $3 million.
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Higher Education
UH System Speaks Out Against UT System Plans for Houston
Members of the University of Houston System Board of Regents lashed out against the University of Texas System’s plans to expand in Houston, calling the idea a “Trojan horse” and passing a resolution expressing strong concerns.
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Higher Education
Birdwell Asks AG to Clarify Where Colleges Can Ban Handguns
In an apparent effort to shut down talk of banning guns in college classrooms, state Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury, has asked Attorney General Ken Paxton to clarify where universities can prohibit handguns with the state’s campus carry law goes into effect Aug. 1.
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Higher Education
Sexual Assault Investigation Forces A&M to Walk a Fine Line
For years, universities were pressured by the federal government to do more about sexual assault on campus. Now, Texas A&M University is being investigated for allegations that it went too far.
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Demographics
UT-Austin Officials to Review Dustup at Israeli Studies Event
University of Texas at Austin administrators are reviewing an on-campus confrontation between a Palestinian rights student group and attendees of an on-campus event hosted by the university’s Institute for Israeli Studies last Friday.
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Criminal Justice
Campuses Under Federal Review Over Sexual Assault Investigations
Texas A&M, the University of Houston and Trinity University are all under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education for how they have handled allegations of sexual violence. But at A&M, the case is unusual.
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Starr: “Little Doubt” Baylor Will Opt Out of Campus Carry
Baylor University President and Chancellor Ken Starr said he has “little doubt” that the private institution will opt out of the state’s new campus carry law during The Texas Tribune’s daylong symposium on higher education issues Monday.
