Texas A&M and University of Texas at Austin will require everyone to wear masks inside campus buildings
The two flagships are among the first Texas higher education institutions to announce mask requirements this fall. Full Story
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Texas colleges expect larger online summer classes as students lose jobs, internships
School officials, still reeling financially from shutting down their campuses mid-semester, are unclear what the summer surge signals for their fall enrollment. Full Story
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![Rising sophomores Macy Waldman, left, an Integrative Studies major at the University of North Texas and her sister, Barry Waldman, a pre-nursing student the University of Texas at Arlington, do not plan to return to campus out of concern for COVID-19. Portrait taken on June 2, 2020.]()
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University of Texas at Austin to offer 2,100 classes online, limit classrooms to 40% capacity
About 20% of classes at the University of Texas at Austin will be taught remotely this fall. Students who choose not to return to campus can take all their courses online but will pay the same tuition rate as they would for in-person classes. Full Story
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Watch: Tom Luce and Margaret Spellings discuss the future of Texas
We sat down for a live virtual event with the leaders of the nonprofit research organization Texas 2036 to discuss education, reopening the economy and how the state can be competitive. Full Story
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Texas A&M System makes plans for how to handle in-person instruction this fall
Texas A&M University System officials voted Friday on systemwide guidance for the fall semester. While some face-to-face classes will resume, many will be conducted in a hybrid model, using a combination of online and in-person instruction. Full Story
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Texas Southern University gave $2 million in aid to unqualified students, review finds
A new review sheds more light on an admissions scandal that has plagued the Houston school since November and led to the ouster of former President Austin Lane. Full Story
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Community colleges trying to help students who are losing jobs, child care
For Texas community college students, the pandemic upended delicate balances of work, family and financial survival. Schools are tapping into emergency funds and trying to connect students with needed services. Full Story
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After an "anticlimactic" virtual goodbye, Dell Medical School's inaugural class heads to the front lines of the pandemic
On Thursday evening, Dell Medical School's first cohort of students graduated in a virtual ceremony. Over the next month, the inaugural class will scatter across the country to begin residencies in the thick of a pandemic. Full Story
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![Ariane Lemieux recently graduated from Dell Medical School while also earning an MBA from McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. She will soon begin work at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas.]()
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UT-Austin will resume classes this fall — but students won't return to campus after Thanksgiving
After the November holiday, students will not return to campus in an effort to avoid spreading the coronavirus. Full Story
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Budget cuts at UT-Austin will likely bring furloughs and layoffs, campus leaders say
The university is gearing up for a second wave of cuts brought upon by the coronavirus pandemic. Full Story
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"It’s a bizarre time to be job searching": College graduates looking for first jobs face catastrophic economic conditions
As 2020 college graduates prepare to enter the workforce, they are having to contend with a historic economic recession. Experts say those who do get jobs in the recession may accept lower wages and salaries than they’d have otherwise settled for. Full Story
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Former U.S. Rep. Pete Gallego named sole finalist for Sul Ross State University presidency
If confirmed in June, Gallego will be Sul Ross' 13th president and the first alumnus to lead the school. Full Story
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Coronavirus in Texas: State reports highest one-day COVID-19 tests totals
Our staff is closely tracking developments on the new coronavirus in Texas. Check here for live updates. Full Story
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Texas A&M is looking at Saturday and late-night options to reduce class sizes and comply with social distancing
Chancellor John Sharp offered some ideas about what the fall semester could look like, but the system won’t have a finalized reopening strategy until at least the end of May. Full Story
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Texas A&M researchers hope tuberculosis vaccine might prevent coronavirus deaths
Health care workers are being recruited for trials to test whether a decades-old TB vaccine might help people fight off the coronavirus. It's not a cure, but it could be a crucial treatment. Full Story
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UT-Arlington selects provost to serve as interim president, puts long-term search on hold
Lim has been serving as administrator in charge since Karbhari's resignation, and the UT System chancellor said in an email to the campus community that he has "been impressed by [Lim's] leadership." Full Story
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Texas A&M and University of Texas systems expect to reopen in the fall, and A&M says it will play football
Texas Tech University also says it's planning for a return to campus for the upcoming school year. Full Story
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"This ain't the time to follow rules": Texas A&M wants to run human coronavirus tests in its animal labs
A&M officials say they have the largest public lab capacity in the state, but the federal government won't let them use it for humans. Full Story
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At Huston-Tillotson University, a stepping stone from poverty gets steeper
The historically black school in Austin moved online as coronavirus shut down college campuses. The loss of community is difficult for a school with a hands-on tradition of boosting students, many poor and the first in their families to attend college. Full Story
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Watch our interview with UT System Chancellor J.B. Milliken about the coronavirus outbreak’s lasting effects on higher education
We sat down for a live virtual event with University of Texas system chancellor J.B. Milliken to discuss how higher education institutions, including medical schools, have pivoted as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. Full Story
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