At our 2/5 conversation, Admiral William McRaven, the chancellor of the University of Texas System, explained his opposition to campus carry legislation.
Higher Education
Coverage of universities, colleges, student issues, and education policy shaping Texas’ campuses, from The Texas Tribune.
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Video: McRaven on In-State Tuition
At our 2/5 conversation, Admiral William McRaven, the chancellor of the University of Texas System, defended the current state law allowing undocumented students to pay in-state tuition rates at public universities.
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Higher Education
Video: A Conversation With William McRaven
Full video of my 2/5 conversation with Adm. William McRaven, the chancellor of the University of Texas System.
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Energy
The Brief: Feb. 5, 2015
House Speaker Joe Straus leaned toward the familiar in filling open spots at the top of the chamber’s top-tier committees.
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Higher Education
Aggies, Longhorns on the Same Team for Higher Ed
Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin were rivals on the football field, but the state’s two biggest schools come together every two years in the political arena for Orange and Maroon Legislative Day.
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Energy
The Brief: Feb. 4, 2015
The ability of Austin tech firm 21CT to secure a $20 million Medicaid fraud software contract through a no-bid program run by the state’s Department of Information Resources drew intense scrutiny from Senate budget writers on Tuesday.
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Criminal Justice
McRaven: Campus Carry Would Create “Less Safe” Environment
Allowing concealed weapons to be carried on college and university campuses would create “less safe” environments, University of Texas System Chancellor William McRaven wrote in a letter to legislative leaders on Thursday.
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Higher Education
Abbott: Replace Business Incentive With University Fund
Gov. Greg Abbott wants to eliminate an incentive program for technology startups in favor of a new program that would make payments to universities that recruit prestigious faculty.
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Health care
The Brief: Jan. 27, 2015
Guns were a big topic of conversation inside the Capitol and outside of it on Monday.
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Higher Education
Video: The Future of Higher Ed
On 1/26, I talked about the future of higher education in Texas with Robert Duncan, chancellor of the Texas Tech University System; Juliet Garcia, the former president of the University of Texas at Brownsville; state Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock; and Wynn Rosser, president and CEO of the Greater Texas Foundation.