Texas A&M University’s proposed new campus carry rules include few major restrictions for handguns and will allow the weapons in classrooms and dormitories.
Higher Education
Coverage of universities, colleges, student issues, and education policy shaping Texas’ campuses, from The Texas Tribune.
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Slaying Fuels Demands to Make UT, Drag Safer
In emails and posts on a private Facebook page, parents are responding to last week’s killing at UT-Austin by demanding something be done about the homeless, especially along the Drag.
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Higher Education
Hutchison, Fenves Decry Dwindling State Support for Higher Education
Before meeting with state and higher ed leaders, UT-Austin President Greg Fenves and former U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said Monday that universities, state governments and the private sector need to take action to preserve public colleges’ strengths.
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Higher Education
How UT-Dallas Transformed Itself into a Top Texas College
Once a commuter school, the University of Texas at Dallas has remodeled itself into one of the top-ranked public universities in the state.
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Criminal Justice
Foster Care Teen Arrested in UT Student’s Death
A 17-year-old arrested in connection with the death of University of Texas at Austin student Haruka Weiser is in the care of the Texas foster youth system, an official said Friday.
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Higher Education
Roundup: Trump, Perry’s Lost Ballot and The Price of Admission
In the Roundup: Donald Trump scores an unprecedented endorsement, Rick Perry’s Republican primary ballot might have gotten lost in the mail and a higher ed admissions policy goes under the microscope.
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The Price of Admission
See How Many Students Texas Public High Schools Send to UT-Austin
Use this interactive to look up Texas public high schools and find out how many of its students enrolled at UT-Austin in 2015. This is part of the Tribune’s “The Price of Admission” series.
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Higher Education
Video: Is the Top 10 Percent Rule Working?
Full video of our 3/31 conversation about the Top 10 Percent Rule with Austin ISD Superintendent Paul Cruz, former UT-Austin President Larry Faulkner, and state Reps. Donna Howard, D-Austin, and John Zerwas, R-Richmond.
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Higher Education
House Higher Ed Chairman: “I Would Not Have Any Concern” if Top 10 Percent Rule Went Away
The chairman of the Texas House of Representatives’ Higher Education Committee said Thursday that he “would not have any concern” if the Top 10 Percent Rule governing college admissions in the state were eliminated.
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Fighting the Top 10 Percent Rule and Fighting to Make it Succeed
As many UT-Austin administrators say the Top 10 Percent Rule hurts the university’s national prestige, the college is focused on helping UT-Austin students who might not have otherwise been admitted. This is part of the Tribune’s “The Price of Admission” series.
