In recommending how Texas State University should comply with a new state campus carry law, a task force says it shouldn’t provide storage for handguns but should ban the guns from places where students are counseled or children come to campus.
Matthew Watkins
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
TCU Opts Out of Campus Carry
Texas Christian University decided Friday to opt out of campus carry, the new law that would have allowed handguns on campus.
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Tuition Going Up at A&M System Schools
Citing a need to keep up with inflation, the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents on Thursday increased tuition at all of its university campuses for the 2016-17 school year.
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Higher Education
Texas A&M Sues NFL’s Colts for Using Trademarked “12th Man”
Texas A&M University has sued the Indianapolis Colts to stop the National Football League team from using the phrase “12th man” to describe its fans.
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Higher Education
Amid Allegations Over Grade Changes, Texas Tech Dean Resigns
The dean of the Texas Tech University business college has resigned after a school panel found that he improperly changed the grades of four MBA students against their professors’ wishes.
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Higher Education
Former A&M President Out as Chancellor at Missouri
Amid turmoil, former Texas A&M University President R. Bowen Loftin will leave his job as chancellor of the University of Missouri at the end of this year.
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Higher Education
UT System Plans to Open New Campus in Houston
The University of Texas System plans to build a new campus on 300 acres in the southwestern part of Houston, an initiative its leaders say will drastically expand the system’s presence in the state’s biggest city.
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Demographics
UT System to Require Interviews with Minority Candidates
Chancellor Bill McRaven said Thursday he will require that a woman or minority candidate be interviewed for every high-level position at the UT System’s 14 universities and medical schools.
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Higher Education
UT Promises to Pay Former Athletics Director About $3 Million
Former University of Texas at Austin Athletics Director Steve Patterson will receive up to $3 million from his old school after his “resignation,” according to an exit agreement released by the school Wednesday.
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Higher Education
UT System Board Rebukes Wallace Hall — Again
Frustrated with his recent public comments, the University of Texas System Board of Regents has again rebuked outspoken member Wallace Hall.
