A report released Sunday by the Chronicle of Higher Education looking at executive pay shows that for public college presidents and chancellors, it pays to work in Texas.
Higher Education
Coverage of universities, colleges, student issues, and education policy shaping Texas’ campuses, from The Texas Tribune.
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Mental Health Matters
Texas Universities Turning to Online Counseling
The number of students seeking mental health counseling, usually for depression and anxiety, is surging at Texas universities. Three are trying a new online program designed to reach more students.
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Higher Education
First Grants From Abbott Initiative Bringing 10 Top Researchers to Texas
Ten renowned researchers are coming to Texas as a result of the inaugural grants under Gov. Greg Abbott’s university research initiative, his office announced Thursday.
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Higher Education
Amid Scandal, Baylor Names New Athletic Director
Baylor University has named a new athletic director, Mack Rhoades, to oversee a sports program mired in scandal over the school’s handling of sexual assault allegations involving student athletes.
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Higher Education
UT-Austin Faculty Can Ban Guns in Offices
The University of Texas at Austin will give its faculty and staff the option of banning guns from their private offices when the state’s campus carry law goes into effect next month, under regulations UT System regents passed Wednesday.
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Higher Education
How a Decade in Texas Changed Elizabeth Warren
Whether she is tapped as Hillary Clinton’s running mate or just as one of the campaign’s go-to surrogates, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren will likely spend much of the fall imparting to voters a political worldview that was forged in Texas.
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Higher Education
Provost Confirmed as Next Texas Tech President
Lawrence Schovanec, a longtime Texas Tech University faculty member who is the current provost, has been named the next president of the school.
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Criminal Justice
Texas Attorney General Calls Professors’ Campus Carry Lawsuit “Baseless”
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is calling a lawsuit filed by three University of Texas at Austin professors in an effort to block the state’s new campus carry law “baseless” and said he plans to “vigorously defend it.”
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Demographics
After Court Win, Fenves Says UT Will Re-Examine Admissions Policies
The University of Texas at Austin’s long legal fight over race and admissions is over. But in his first extended interview about the case, President Greg Fenves says the school is now ready to review its policies and possibly make changes.
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Criminal Justice
Feds to Fund College Courses for Thousands of Texas Inmates
More than 2,500 Texas inmates will participate in a national experiment starting next month so that the federal government can study whether reinstating Pell Grants for prisoners might boost their chances of finding employment.
