After watching in horror nine years ago as the building that housed his office at Virginia Tech University was attacked by a gunman, Richard Benson is preparing to lead a Texas university about to implement a new campus carry law.
Higher Education
Coverage of universities, colleges, student issues, and education policy shaping Texas’ campuses, from The Texas Tribune.
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A&M Student Involved in Racist Incident No Longer On Campus
One of the Texas A&M students involved in the harassment of a group of minority high school students touring campus last month “is no longer associated with” the university, President Michael Young announced.
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UH Task Force: Ban Guns in All But One Residence Hall
A task force at the University of Houston has recommended in a draft campus carry policy that guns be banned in all residence halls on campus, except one.
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UT Regents Approve Tuition Hikes Across System
The University of Texas at Austin and all seven other schools in the University of Texas System won approval to increase tuition Monday, a move that will eventually tack on between $148 and $361 to the cost of students’ schooling each semester.
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UT Architecture Dean Cites Campus Carry as a Reason for Departure
The University of Texas at Austin’s longtime architecture dean announced he was leaving on Thursday, saying the state’s new campus carry law played a major role in pushing him out.
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University of Houston Basks in Debate Spotlight
Few students will get in, but the University of Houston hopes to make the most out of its host duties during Thursday’s GOP presidential debate.
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Roundup: Campus Carry, Pope Francis, South Carolina Showdown
In the Roundup: The University of Texas at Austin issues its much-anticipated campus carry guidelines, Pope Francis speaks to Texans from just across the border and the 2016 presidential saga continues – this week, in South Carolina.
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UT-Austin President: Guns to be Allowed in Classrooms, Not Dorms
Save for some narrow exceptions, guns will be allowed in classrooms but not in dorms at the University of Texas at Austin next school year under guidelines issued Wednesday.
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Baylor Opts Out of Campus Carry
Baylor University has opted out of Texas’ campus carry law, joining the long list of Texas private universities that have decided to continue banning handguns on their campuses.
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After Black High Schoolers Harassed, A&M Apologizes
Members of Texas A&M University’s leadership visited Dallas on Tuesday to personally apologize to the high school students who were harassed and subjected to racial slurs during their visit to campus last week.
