Evan, Ross, Reeve and Ben try their hands at determining which U.S. Senate candidate is the Deb Fischer of Texas and separating facts and rumors from the latest brouhaha at the University of Texas.
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
Higher Ed Coordinating Board Releases New Almanac
Texas’ Higher Education Coordinating Board has released the second edition of its almanac of information on the state’s college and universities. This year, for the first time, it includes data on part-time students as well as full-time ones.
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State Government
Jones Accuses Wentworth of Ethical Lapses in New Ad
Former Railroad Commissioner and Senate District 25 hopeful Elizabeth Ames Jones on Monday released a television ad accusing incumbent state Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, of ethical lapses.
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Higher Education
Cigarroa: Chairman Didn’t Direct Me to Fire Powers
UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa, responding to a news report suggesting UT-Austin President Bill Powers’ job might be in danger, said Thursday that Board of Regents Chairman Gene Powell “never directed me to fire anyone.”
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Higher Education
Project Aims to Revamp Approach to Math at Community Colleges
A project announced Wednesday aims to reinvent math education at community colleges. It would allow students to earn college-level credit for math courses more quickly.
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Higher Education
Video: GenTX Targets College-Going Culture
Three key participants in “Generation Texas,” an effort to improve the state’s college-going culture, discuss the $3 million campaign — and their hopes for higher education attainment statewide.
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Higher Education
Texas A&M University Unveils New Accountability Website
This week, Texas A&M University is making significant amounts of data easily available to the public on a new “accountability” website, allowing people to dig into issues such as graduation rates, research expenditures and more.
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Ethics Complaints Latest Salvo in Wentworth-Jones Battle
State Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, filed ethics complaints on Wednesday against his opponent, former railroad commissioner Elizabeth Ames Jones, and her husband, Will Jones.
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Higher Education
UT-Permian Basin to Offer a New Kind of $10,000 Degree
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin has announced the creation of a $10,000 bachelor’s degree program. Highly qualified students with a strong interest in science can apply this fall.
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Higher Education
As UT, A&M Regents Meet, Perry Eyes Tuition
Regents from both the University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems are meeting this week, and most observers will be watching for their votes on tuition increases.
