Overall enrollment in Texas colleges and universities grew by about 8,000 students in 2013. That’s an increase of less than 1 percent over 2012 figures.
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
Percent-for-Art Programs Gaining Steam on Texas University Campuses
Percent-for-art policies are becoming increasingly common at Texas public universities, and campus leaders say they contribute to the vibrancy of their institutions.
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Higher Education
Texas Tech Chancellor Kent Hance Stepping Down
Chancellor Kent Hance intends to announce on Friday that he will retire in the summer of 2014, sources at the Texas Tech University System confirmed late Thursday.
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Burgdorf: UT Regents’ “Clear Intent” Was to Oust Powers
The former general counsel for the University of Texas System told members of a legislative committee investigating a UT System regent that some regents’ “clear intent” was to “get rid of” UT Austin President Bill Powers.
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TribCast
TribCast: Transparency Committee and Ag Commissioners
Reeve, Emily, Ben and Neena discuss the House Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations’ ongoing impeachment probe, Ted Nugent’s involvement in the race for agriculture commissioner, and the lesser prairie chicken.
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Higher Education
Pitts: There’s Enough Evidence to Impeach Hall
UPDATED: Records requests that University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall filed with the University of Texas at Austin were the subject of hours of testimony Tuesday afternoon during a legislative committee hearing.
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Politics
Branch Touts Moment of Silence Law in Web Video
In a new web ad, Republican Attorney General candidate Dan Branch highlights a bill he sponsored in 2003 requiring that students in Texas public schools be allowed to observe a moment of silent prayer or meditation.
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Higher Education
Texas A&M Will Open “Peace” Campus in Israel
On Wednesday in Jerusalem, Gov. Rick Perry, Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp and Israeli President Shimon Peres will announce plans for an Aggie campus in Nazareth.
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Higher Education
Testimony to Begin in Impeachment Probe of UT Regent Wallace Hall
Long-awaited hearings begin Tuesday that could advance the ball toward resolution of a long-standing feud between the University of Texas System and the Legislature.
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Higher Education
UT-Austin Announces Major Gift to College of Communication
The University of Texas at Austin announced on Monday a $50 million gift from the Moody Foundation to its College of Communication, which will be renamed the Moody College of Communication.
