UNT System chooses top NASA administrator for chancellor post
Lesa Roe has been named sole finalist for the University of North Texas System chancellor's job. She'll be the first woman to hold that post. Full Story
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White nationalist says he might still march through Texas A&M campus
After Texas A&M canceled white nationalist Preston Wiginton's Sept. 11 campus rally, Wiginton said Tuesday that he was pondering a march on a public street that passes through the College Station campus. Full Story
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![Preston Wiginton, right, during a celebration of Second Amendment Day he organized on the Texas A&M University campus in 2013.]()
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Texplainer: Can Texas A&M officials cancel a white nationalist rally?
If Texas A&M gets sued over canceling a "White Lives Matter" rally, it might be able to defend itself in court by proving the event posed a public safety risk and would have disrupted normal campus activities. Full Story
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![White nationalist Richard Spencer speaks at Texas A&M University in College Station while Preston Wiginton, who privately arranged the event, listens, on December 6, 2016.]()
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White nationalist rally at Texas A&M to feature Richard Spencer
A College Station white nationalist is planning a rally on the campus of Texas A&M University that will feature the infamous self-described "alt-right" leader Richard Spencer. Students are already planning a counterprotest. Full Story
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Baylor ordered to turn over records from sexual assault investigation
A federal judge has ordered Baylor University to hand over recordings, notes and other key documents from its infamous Pepper Hamilton investigation, which found that Baylor repeatedly mishandled allegations of sexual assault. Full Story
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What it means for Texas colleges if Trump targets affirmative action
There's not much room in federal law for the U.S. Department of Justice to target Texas schools for the use of affirmative action, but a lawsuit pending in state court could spell trouble for race-conscious admissions at the University of Texas at Austin. Full Story
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After a quiet year of campus carry, community colleges get guns next
Starting Tuesday, community colleges across the state will permit licensed gun owners to carry concealed firearms in certain campus buildings. They've had a year to learn from the example of four-year schools — but they still face challenges all their own. Full Story
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!["Gun Free UT" signs hang from office windows at the University of Texas at Austin on July 29, 2017, nearly a year after the state's campus carry law went into effect.]()
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Texas universities forced to trim their budgets, even with big state cuts averted
Leaders at many of the state's top public universities have ordered across-the-board budget cuts for the next school year, even though they avoided their worst funding fears during the 2017 legislative session. Full Story
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At some Texas universities, students accused of rape can transfer without a record
Universities are required to investigate when a student is accused of raping another student. But if the accused transfers, his or her new school may never know about the past allegations. Full Story
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Dreamers grateful efforts to repeal in-state tuition benefit never materialized
Efforts to strip undocumented students in Texas of their in-state college tuition benefit failed to pass during the latest legislative session. Full Story
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Federal judge throws out effort by UT professors to overturn campus carry
A federal judge said that three professors suing the state to block campus carry didn't present any "concrete evidence to substantiate their fears" that the law would have a chilling effect on free speech. Full Story
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As Baylor regent, top Austin lobbyist called drinking female students “perverted little tarts"
As a Baylor University regent, prominent Texas lobbyist Neal “Buddy” Jones described female students who he suspected of drinking alcohol at parties as “perverted little tarts." Full Story
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![Neal "Buddy" Jones, former Hill County prosecutor and state representative, co-founded Hillco Partners, a lobby practice in Austin. Jones served on the Baylor Board of Regents from 2003 to 2013.]()
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Trump slow to fill judicial seats in Texas (video)
All four U.S. attorney seats, 11 district judgeships and two slots on the historically conservative U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals sit open. Full Story
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Two of the three highest-paid public university leaders are from Texas
University of Texas System Chancellor Bill McRaven and Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp earned $1.5 million and $1.3 million, respectively. Full Story
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![Texas' seven university system chancellors gathered outside Gov. Greg Abbott's office in 2015. From left to right, Bill McRaven of the University of Texas System, Renu Khator of the University of Houston System, John Sharp of the Texas A&M University System, Brian McCall of the Texas State University System, Lee Jackson of the University of North Texas System and Robert Duncan from the Texas Tech University System.]()
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Man behind Fisher affirmative action case files new lawsuit against UT-Austin
After years of challenging the University of Texas at Austin's use of affirmative action in federal court, Edward Blum will now try to end the practice in state court. Full Story
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![Abigail Fisher, right, plaintiff in Fisher v. University of Texas, leaves the U.S. Supreme Court with Edward Blum of the Project on Fair Representation after oral arguments in the case, in Washington, D.C., Dec. 9, 2015.]()
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California's Texas travel ban creates confusion in college sports
The decision to ban California state employee travel could have an effect on Texas' ability to host California teams and NCAA championship events. But no one knows for sure. Full Story
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Texas A&M reigns, UH gets a boost in Texas college sports revenue
Texas A&M University is the revenue king for Texas college sports — for now, at least. The University of Houston received a big boost. Check out some highlights from our college sports money app. Full Story
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UT/TT Poll: Few Texas voters believe education spending is too high
A plurality of Texas voters think the state should be spending more on public and higher education, but those numbers hide differences between conservatives and liberals, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Full Story
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Prairie View A&M names former head of Brown interim president
Ruth Simmons, the longtime president of Brown University, has been named interim president of Prairie View A&M University. Full Story
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Prairie View A&M President George Wright says he's stepping down
Prairie View A&M University President George Wright is stepping down after 14 years. He says he will return to the school's faculty and focus on research. Full Story
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