In a letter on Thursday, University of North Texas System Chancellor Lee Jackson suggested that multiple issues with the system’s financial accounting are not “long-lasting or permanently damaging.”
Reeve Hamilton
Reeve Hamilton worked at the Tribune from 2009 to 2015, covering higher education and politics and hosting the Tribune's weekly podcast. His writing has also appeared in Texas Monthly and The Texas Observer. Born in Houston and raised in Massachusetts, he has a bachelor's degree in English from Vanderbilt University.
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Higher Education
A&M System Announces Further Consolidation of Services
In keeping with a recent and often controversial trend of public universities seeking savings by consolidating services, the Texas A&M University System announced a plan overhaul its IT infrastructure.
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Higher Education
Transparency Committee Proceeds Cautiously as Emotions Rise
Following the release of a special counsel’s report laying out possible grounds for University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall’s impeachment, a legislative committee is proceeding cautiously as it determines its next steps.
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TribCast
TribCast: Immigration, a Grand Jury and Libertarians
Reeve, Ross, Evan and Alexa discuss a televised debate on immigration policy, recent scrutiny of Gov. Rick Perry’s handling of Travis County’s Public Integrity Unit, and the Libertarian Party’s state convention.
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Higher Education
UT Regent Wallace Hall Case Referred to Travis County Prosecutors
Allegations of potential criminal wrongdoing in the handling of private student information on the part of University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall have been referred to Travis County prosecutors.
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The Playlist: Eyes on the Prize
We kick off this week’s Texas news-based playlist with “Eyes on the Prize” as sung by Mavis Staples, who participated in the LBJ Presidential Library’s three-day summit commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
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Higher Education
Hardin: Impeachment Recommendations Up to Committee
What the members of the legislative committee investigating a University of Texas System regent do with a report laying out four potential bases for his impeachment is “entirely up to them,” the committee’s special counsel said Thursday.
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Higher Education
UT-Austin Faculty Objects to Shared Services Plan
A proposal to save money by consolidating administrative services at the University of Texas at Austin has encountered resistance from faculty members, who call it “part of the overly zealous, profit-motivated corporatist mandate.”
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Politics
Livestream: Bill Clinton at Civil Rights Summit
Watch live as former President Bill Clinton addresses the Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin.
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TribCast
TribCast: Wallace Hall, Open Carry and Civil Rights
Ross, Emily, Reeve and Ben talk about a recent report outlining possible grounds for impeaching a University of Texas System regent, the odds of open carry legislation passing next session, and the LBJ Presidential Library’s Civil Rights Summit.
