Texas Tech University expelled Tim Cole after he was arrested in 1985 and charged with rape. Cole died in prison, but DNA evidence cleared the way for a posthumous pardon in 2009. Now there’s a push for Tech to award Cole an honorary degree.
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
Perry Declines to Have A&M Building Named After Him
UPDATED: Gov. Rick Perry’s office confirmed Thursday that Perry has declined the offer of having Texas A&M University’s Academic Building named after him.
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UT System Extends Investigators’ Contract
The University of Texas System is extending its contract with Kroll Associates, the firm hired to investigate the integrity of the admissions process at the University of Texas at Austin.
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TribCast: Bum Steer Awards and the Rick Perry Building
Reeve, Evan, Emily and Ross talk about Texas Monthly’s selection of Sen. Wendy Davis as its “Bum Steer of the Year,” Texas A&M’s plans to name a building after Gov. Rick Perry and what the governor might say in his farewell speech.
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Health care
The Playlist: Tears Over Beers
Three Texas breweries filed a lawsuit against the state for allegedly “stifling the craft beer renaissance,” so we begin this week’s news-inspired playlist with “Tears Over Beers” by Modern Baseball.
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Politics
2015 Inaugural Committee Leadership Announced
Fort Worth businessman Ardon Moore will chair the committee running inauguration festivities for Gov.-elect Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov.-elect Dan Patrick in January.
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TribCast: Policy Priorities and Tuition Re-Regulation
Reeve, Alexa, Ross and Evan discuss the seats in the Legislature that still have yet to be filled, Gov.-elect Greg Abbott’s policy priorities, and an effort to re-regulate tuition at the state’s colleges and universities.
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State Sued for “Stifling the Texas Craft Beer Renaissance”
Three Texas breweries filed a lawsuit against the state on Wednesday seeking to to overturn a 2013 law they say violates the Texas Constitution.
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Schwertner Files Bill Targeting Tuition Deregulation
Tuition and fees at the state’s public colleges and universities would be capped at their current levels and only be permitted to grow at the rate of inflation under a bill filed Tuesday by state Sen. Charles Schwertner, R-Georgetown.
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Higher Education
Higher Ed Commissioner: Increase Focus on Students
The state’s next long-term higher education plan will direct more attention on the needs of students and less on faculty, Texas Higher Education Commissioner Raymund Paredes said Tuesday.