Higher education

The Texas House on Friday approved two measures aimed at combating sexual assault on college campuses across the state.

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State Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, says he doesn't have enough votes to repeal or peel back the Top 10 Percent Rule for college admissions. 

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University of Texas System Chancellor Bill McRaven is facing new questions from his board of regents about spending and staffing levels, which come as he nears the end of his three-year contract. 

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Members of both chambers of the Texas Legislature say they are getting closer to agreeing on a budget. One of the last sticking points? Higher education. 

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Check out how each public university in Texas would fare under the House and Senate budgets. 

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Initiatives to boost small businesses and help poor students get through college could lose their funding amid the Senate's attempt to fix how the state pays for higher education. 

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The House Higher Education Committee approved a bill Wednesday that would largely preserve the benefit of free college tuition to veterans or one of their kids. 

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Police said the student who stabbed four people on the University of Texas at Austin campus didn't appear to be targeting anyone in particular. 

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Police said they don't know why a junior biology major stabbed four other students on the University of Texas at Austin campus, killing one. 

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A change of heart by a powerful lawmaker and vocal opposition by veterans groups have imperiled hopes for a major overhaul of Texas' free tuition program for veterans and their kids. 

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Citing "goofy rumors," Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp has asked that a vote on his contract extension be delayed. 

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We’ve updated our “Ballpark Figures” app with 2015-16 data on revenues and expenses for the eight public Texas universities that play in the Football Bowl Subdivision.

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Texas A&M University System regents are expected to consider a contract extension for Chancellor John Sharp next week. A majority of the board says it supports the idea. 

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Some Texas lawmakers have complained that universities seem to be taking on ambitious projects that don't serve the needs of the state. Lawmakers gave them that power back in 2013. 

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A proposal to substantially weaken the Top 10 Percent Rule took an important step forward Wednesday. 

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Baylor University has named Linda Livingstone as its next president. 

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Police are investigating an incident in which they found two copies of the Muslim holy book in a men's bathroom at the University of Texas at Dallas.

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Some sexual assault survivors and advocates are clashing with a Texas senator over the best way to combat sexual assault on college campuses.

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It's hard to know exactly how the Top 10 Percent Rule has impacted diversity at UT-Austin, but data suggests it does boost the school's Hispanic population right now. 

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Colleges are asking the state to pare back the state program that offers free tuition to veterans or their children. But key lawmakers in the Texas House don't want to mess with what's being offered to current veterans and their families. 

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