Higher education

After a months-long search, the board of regents went outside Texas and tapped the former chancellor of the City University of New York for the system's top appointed position. UT's chancellor oversees eight academic institutions and six health institutions.

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Sam Houston State University argues that an osteopathic medical school is the prescription for what’s ailing underserved communities in Texas.

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While critics question whether a city-funded pre-K initiative is helping boost long-term educational outcomes, administrators and parents say there's no doubt about the quality of the education children receive at the program's four centers.

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Former University of Texas System Chancellor Bill McRaven was the third highest paid. Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp ranked fifth.

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While the proportion of U.S. high school graduates enrolling in college has been rising, so has the proportion who are leaving without receiving a degree. And the numbers are barely improving.

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Though the Trump administration rescinded Obama-era guidelines encouraging colleges to factor race into admissions, it doesn't force campuses to change their policies.

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The action is likely to signal a shift toward advocacy of race-neutral admissions. The Supreme Court has upheld race-conscious admission practices as recently as 2016, but affirmative action in higher education remains a contentious issue.

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A varsity swimmer was found "responsible" for sexually assaulting a fellow student. But after a brief suspension and one semester of academic probation, he can rejoin the team.

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A&M is partnering with the University of California System and a research and development organization on the effort. Their extendable five-year contract with the U.S. Energy Department is worth an estimated $2.5 billion annually.

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The rule comes less than three months after an audit dinged UT-Austin President Greg Fenves for using premium airfare for business travel.

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A&M officials say changes to the federal tax code and Fisher’s focus on recruiting players have slowed the signing process — but that their timeline is not unusual.

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Bill McRaven's last day as chancellor of the University of Texas System is May 31. He spoke to The Texas Tribune in his last weeks about his time at the system, his aspirations for the future and higher education broadly.

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Natalicio, 78, has been an El Paso fixture for decades, and she has been widely recognized for her efforts to make higher education more accessible to low-income students.

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A former director at the university's law school is accused of fraud in a case potentially involving millions of dollars.

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A four-year-old project run by the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in a group of West Texas high schools has prevented violent incidents through screenings, according to one Tech official. Could it work in all Texas schools?

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Faulkner, who was president of UT-Austin from 1998 to 2006, will replace outgoing Chancellor Bill McRaven on June 1.

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The Texas Tribune is launching a Facebook group to explore higher education news and policy with college students.

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The University of Texas System says it is unable to fix a $1.7 million-a-year problem that arose last month when its Tyler campus abruptly withdrew full-ride scholarship offers to about five dozen international students.

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Because of a state-mandated waiting period, the system’s governing board must leave 21-days between naming finalists for the chancellor job and appointing their pick. The window to do that before McRaven departs seemed to have closed Friday.

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Jason Shoumaker, the law school's former facilities director, was arrested Thursday. The alleged fraud could involve "several million dollars of questionable expenses," a source familiar with the probe said.

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