Higher education

University President Greg Fenves announced the firing in an email and said, "The integrity of UT admissions is essential to our mission as a research university and to the students and families we serve."

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On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Patrick, Matthew and Jay about whenever the heck Beto O’Rourke is going to announce his next move, the admissions scandal facing colleges across the country, including UT-Austin, and "Border Hustle," a big Tribune collaboration with Time Magazine.

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A tennis coach at the University of Texas was among those charged in the fallout from the scandal.

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The announcement, made in an internal email, is part of a new but expected wave of cuts aimed at trimming the system's overhead.

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According to court documents, Michael Center accepted $100,000 to help a student gain admission to the university through the tennis program. He is one of dozens of people named in a growing national college bribery scandal. "He is innocent," his lawyer said.

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Powers presided over the university from 2006 to 2015.

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The University of Texas System Board of Regents unanimously picked Wilson to replace UTEP's longtime leader, Diana Natalicio.

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In the latest episode of our podcast about the 86th Legislature, Evan Smith talks to Renu Khator, the chancellor of the University of Houston System, about access, affordability, excellence, graduation rates and the importance of educating a diverse student population.

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Watch our interview with state Sen. Brandon Creighton and state Rep. Chris Turner, moderated by Texas Tribune co-founder and CEO Evan Smith.

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Our interview with state Sen. Larry Taylor, chair of the Education Committee, is moderated by Texas Tribune co-founder and CEO Evan Smith.

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Property taxes are one of three main sources of revenue for community colleges. If growth in those taxes is limited, the colleges say they may have to look elsewhere for revenue.

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The gap between Texas A&M’s and UT-Austin's per-student funding has increased over the last five years, due in part to growing enrollment at the College Station campus.

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The Texas governor made the declaration during his annual State of the State address.

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Members of both parties have filed bills ending the practice of revoking occupational licenses for people behind on their student loans.

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Gov. Greg Abbott's office says it has made strides with his appointments, but political scientists and lawmakers say age and finances can play a role in the discrepancy.

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Paredes has served since 2004 as commissioner at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

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Watch our interview with University of Texas System Chancellor James B. Milliken, moderated by Texas Tribune co-founder and CEO Evan Smith.

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Each of the eight public schools that play top-level college football in the state have made a payment to a departing coach since 2015.

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Sixty-five positions are being cut this week. The reductions could go further than the 110 number originally anticipated.

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In the last six years, the number of needy students at UT-Austin — as measured by those who receive the federal Pell Grant — has decreased from 28 percent to 24 percent.

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