Texas State, which has already undertaken reforms, said the “system previously in place did not produce accurate statistics.” School officials said the U.S. Department of Education has been working with university police to ensure accurate information in an annual campus security report due next month.
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
Former law school employee defrauded UT-Austin out of nearly $1.6 million, internal report finds
The university has already begun tightening its financial controls and will strengthen its efforts to detect and prevent fraud. The law school’s dean, Ward Farnsworth, has been asked to make improvements.
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Higher Education
Harrison Keller will be Texas’ next higher education commissioner
Keller, who succeeds Raymund Paredes, will begin Oct. 1.
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Health care
State Rep. John Zerwas to join UT System as executive vice chancellor
The lawmaker, a doctor by training, will oversee a network of six health institutions with four medical schools, two dental schools and three nursing schools.
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Higher Education
Former UT chancellor Bill McRaven was the highest-paid public university leader in 2018
Last year, five of the top 10 highest-compensated public university leaders in the country were from Texas schools, according to a survey conducted by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
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Higher Education
East Texas university may restrict when children can be on campus. Some employees say it hurts working parents.
Although policies restricting children’s presence in the workplace are common, the introduction of one at Stephen F. Austin State University has been met with monthslong resistance from some faculty members.
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Higher Education
With increased state funding, Lamar State colleges will cut tuition by a quarter
The Legislature gave a $17.3 million funding boost to the two-year colleges, which are part of the Texas State University System.
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Higher Education
UT-Austin will provide free tuition to undergrad students with family incomes below $65,000 starting in 2020
The UT System allocated $160 million of its oil money for the project.
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Higher Education
Rejection of LGBTQ student group leads to a fight at “unambiguously Christian” Baylor
The Baptist university has denied a charter to Gamma Alpha Upsilon for eight years, members say.
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Texas Legislature 2019
New Texas law protects rent-to-own customers against criminal prosecution
Texas made it easy for rent-to-own companies to press criminal charges against people who fell behind on their payments for household goods. A new law, passed after a Texas Tribune and NerdWallet investigation, gives broad new protections to their customers.
