The latest higher education news from The Texas Tribune.
A recurring theme questioned the status quo of the boards that govern higher education at this week’s day-long meeting of the Joint Oversight Committee on Higher Education Governance, Excellence, and Transparency: Are the boards that govern higher education due for more restrictive conflict-of-interest policies? Full Story
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This week on the TribCast, Ross, Reeve, Kate, and Emily discuss the recent GOP debate, drought and wildfire preparedness, and the future of Texas higher education. Full Story
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It's not just a UT and A&M thing. Some say efforts to boost productivity at all levels of higher education threaten to cause a statewide faculty morale problem with serious long-term consequences. Full Story
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The town of Junction recently endured a six-week ban on outdoor watering, during which residents sometimes used bathwater to water lawns. With the prospect of drought becoming a way of life, Junction is searching for solutions. Full Story
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The accreditation of one of the state's medical schools is in jeopardy, according to a memo from Francisco González-Scarano, dean of the University of Texas School of Medicine in San Antonio, sent to faculty and staff today. Full Story
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At Texas A&M University, Jaime Grunlan is a promising faculty leader and a powerhouse researcher investigating technology that could prevent fabrics from igniting. Why does he find himself open to leaving for the first time since 2004? Full Story
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Aaronson interactively asks if stimulus funds created jobs in Texas, Aguilar on new voter registrar rules that could decrease voter turnout, Galbraith on a UT professor's debunking of climate change "myths," Grissom on an epic clash of El Paso political titans, Hamilton on the right's new higher ed guru, Murphy maps household data from the 2010 Census, Ramsey on a coming rules fight in the Texas Senate, Root and M. Smith on Rick Perry's performance at the New Hampshire debate and M. Smith talks public ed cuts with the state's Superintendent of the Year: The best of our best content from October 10-14, 2011. Full Story
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Thomas Lindsay, recently selected to head the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Higher Education, attributes the state's growing awareness of higher education to the discussion begun by the TPPF. Full Story
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The Texas Coalition for Excellence in Higher Education, a group of prominent Texans that formed earlier this year in opposition to controversial reform efforts, will today announce a spin-off group focused on students and young alumni. Full Story
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At a swanky invitation-only higher education conference put on by a for-profit education technology company, speakers extolled the virtues of incorporating technology into higher education. Full Story
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UT's newest supercomputer, named Stampede, is expected to support more than 1,000 projects in computational and data-driven science and engineering from across the country, putting Texas on the cutting edge of scientific discovery. Full Story
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A student organization at Gov. Rick Perry’s alma mater, Texas A&M, has started a petition requesting that the governor immediately call a special legislative session to end in-state tuition for illegal immigrants. Full Story
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Researchers in Dallas hope their clinical tests will improve care for soldiers in the Middle East and even for construction workers, firefighters and other outdoor workers who sustain bleeding injuries in the Texas summer heat. Full Story
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Why do Texas colleges hire former lawmakers to run the show? It's because the key trait for a new chancellor is the ability to attract money, both from donors and from the Legislature. Full Story
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Full video of the keynote speech by former U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings in the Public and Higher Education track at the 2011 Texas Tribune Festival. Full Story
Higher education officials are making the case for passing an amendment to the Texas Constitution that would allow the state to continue its low-interest student loan program. Full Story
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Hunter Rawlings, the president of the Association of American Universities, on Texas' higher education controversy, how to get more students engaged in math and science, and whether any other Texas schools will qualify to be members of the AAU. Full Story
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Rick Perry’s in-state-tuition troubles have a lot to do with the difference between politics in Texas and politics everywhere else. Full Story
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Aaronson on the shrinking of state government, Aguilar on the controversy over in-state tuition for the children of undocumented immigrants, Galbraith on Rick Perry vs. the EPA, Grissom on a startling development in a 25-year-old murder case, Hamilton on Ken Starr's first year as president of Baylor, Ramsey on what inmates have to do with redistricting, Ramshaw on the state's crisis in insurance coverage, Root on Perry's presidential grind dance and Smith on obstacles to addressing childhood obesity: The best of our best content from Sept. 26-30, 2011. Full Story
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At this morning's TribLive conversation, Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp talked about the school's recent decision to bolt the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference. Full Story
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