Chancellor J.B. Milliken said 2.6% is the rate of inflation in the higher education sector. UT institutions have increased tuition between 0.1% and 8.5% in recent years.
Shannon Najmabadi
Shannon Najmabadi was a reporter at the Tribune from 2017 to 2021, most recently covering women's health. Her stories — on higher education and other topics — have prompted lawmakers to change three state laws, including one involving a very narrow definition of the word “pickle.” She is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and Columbia University.
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Higher Education
Texas Tech football coach defends his role in Utah State sexual assault scandal
A federal lawsuit filed this month alleges Coach Matt Wells failed to respond to sexual assault allegations.
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Higher Education
U.S. Department of Education reviewing Texas State University’s compliance with a federal crime-reporting statute
The move comes after the university acknowledged it under-reported the number of rapes and other crimes on campus in recent years. Texas State’s president told students Thursday that the school is cooperating with the federal agency and has already made reforms.
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Demographics
At 69, she’s still paying off $12,000 of student debt — including out of her Social Security checks. It isn’t just a millennial problem.
About 222,140 Texans ages 60 and older had student loan debt in 2017, carrying a median load of $15,754, according to government data.
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Higher Education
Texas A&M System employees were asked to teach office pet birds to say “howdy.” It didn’t go well.
A few parakeets that seemed to cause most of the consternation were swiftly removed and the birds that remain are well-liked by employees, a System spokesperson said.
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Politics
The 2019 Texas inauguration cost a record $5.3 million. Where are the receipts?
The Texas Tribune is suing to discover what happened to millions raised mostly from top lobbying firms, corporations, wealthy businesspeople and trade groups for the inauguration of Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.
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Higher Education
While Texas State underreported campus crime, former employees say some surveillance cameras and emergency phones were broken
School officials believe the majority of security technology is operational now and said they were not aware of systemic problems in the past.
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Health care
Texas A&M University System to ban vaping across all its campuses
“This health threat is serious enough that I want to see the ban include every building, outside space, parking lot, garage and laboratory within the Texas A&M System,” Chancellor John Sharp wrote in a Tuesday memorandum.
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Criminal Justice
Texas State dramatically under-reported the number of sexual assaults on campus in 2016 and 2017
The university said in a statement it has “implemented university-wide processes to help ensure accurate crime statistics reporting moving forward.”
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The 2019 Texas Tribune Festival
UT athletic director says Longhorn-Aggie rivalry football game should happen
“Us not playing A&M is not good for college football,” said UT’s athletic director, Chris Del Conte.
