Gov. Greg Abbott signs bill creating University of Houston medical school
The medical school is projected to accept a class of 30 students for Fall 2020. Full Story
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Abilene police chief apologizes to family of 1922 lynching victim
A college student's research helped bring together community leaders to organize a public ceremony to tell Grover Everett’s story. Full Story
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Watch: A conversation on higher education outcomes
Watch video of our conversation in Fort Worth on improving higher education outcomes, moderated by the Tribune's Shannon Najmabadi. Full Story
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The Texas State student senate voted to bar a conservative group. Then Gov. Abbott questioned if the school deserves state funding.
Texas State University administrators and the student body president blocked the student senate's attempt to ban the conservative group Turning Point USA from campus. Full Story
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All Texans in Congress now have money to pay interns. Will they?
Congressional internships in Washington, D.C., have traditionally been unpaid. While some Texans in Congress have paid some of their interns in the past, those opportunities were not always well-publicized. Full Story
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Former UT tennis coach to plead guilty in admissions fraud case
Michael Center is accused of accepting a $100,000 bribe to help a student pose as a tennis recruit in order to get into school. Full Story
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Letting researchers study plants and animals on your Texas land can get you a property tax break
A little-known and ill-defined provision in state statute offers big tax breaks to landowners who host university research on their property. Two lawmakers are trying — again — to close the "loophole." Full Story
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Texas grades school districts on an A-F scale. Explore your district's grades here.
The changes to the new rating system — which gives districts a letter grade in three categories: student achievement, school progress and closing the gaps — were finalized during the 2017 legislative session. Full Story
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Texas House signs off on medical schools for Sam Houston State, University of Houston
The schools still need approval from the Texas Senate. Full Story
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UT System names Heather Wilson next UTEP president, despite objections from Democrats and LGBTQ activists
Wilson is a former member of Congress and the secretary of the Air Force. Her nomination has generated backlash over her anti-LGBTQ voting record. Full Story
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The Texas Senate's free speech proposal could force a policy change at UT-Austin, other campuses
Late last month, the University of Texas at Austin denied the Beto O'Rourke campaign's request to pass out flyers on campus. If Senate Bill 18 becomes law, the university would have had to grant permission. Full Story
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Texas House approves 2020-21 budget plan, with extra $9 billion for school finance, property tax relief
The House also signed off on a $9 billion supplemental budget that would withdraw $4.3 billion from the state savings account. Full Story
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UT faculty, students feel the impact of Airbnb blacklist
Texas added Airbnb to a short list of companies that can’t receive state money because they boycott Israel, though Airbnb says it does not. Now, employees at the University of Texas at Austin can no longer stay in Airbnbs while on school business. Full Story
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Backlash builds against UTEP president nominee Heather Wilson
Student activists, professors and community members have rallied to oppose Wilson's nomination, citing her anti-LGBTQ voting record. Full Story
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After new admissions scandal, former Regent Wallace Hall says University of Texas' rules are a "joke"
Hall led a heated battle to reform the school's admissions procedures, which led to reforms in 2015. But after a UT tennis coach was accused of taking a bribe to help a student gain admission, Hall says more needs to be done. Full Story
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UT-Austin fires tennis coach and launches internal inquiry in wake of national bribery scandal
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." Full Story
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TribCast: College admissions scandal, "Border Hustle," waiting for Beto
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. Full Story
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Abbott tells every university in Texas to review processes in light of admissions scandal
A tennis coach at the University of Texas was among those charged in the fallout from the scandal. Full Story
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UT System to slash 65 jobs in second round of layoffs
The announcement, made in an internal email, is part of a new but expected wave of cuts aimed at trimming the system's overhead. Full Story
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UT men's head tennis coach on administrative leave after bribery allegations
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. Full Story
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