A member of the House committee considering impeachment proceedings against a UT regent received a campaign contribution from a PAC that got hefty financial support from that same regent.
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Coverage of universities, colleges, student issues, and education policy shaping Texas’ campuses, from The Texas Tribune.
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Changes in Curriculum Bring Opportunity for Technical Colleges
At the state’s technical colleges, controversial changes to the state’s high school curriculum in House Bill 5 have been met with a sense of excitement — and anticipation that the shift could lead to significant expansion.
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UNT Chancellor: System’s Financial Woes Not “Long-Lasting”
In a letter on Thursday, University of North Texas System Chancellor Lee Jackson suggested that multiple issues with the system’s financial accounting are not “long-lasting or permanently damaging.”
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A&M System Announces Further Consolidation of Services
In keeping with a recent and often controversial trend of public universities seeking savings by consolidating services, the Texas A&M University System announced a plan overhaul its IT infrastructure.
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Transparency Committee Proceeds Cautiously as Emotions Rise
Following the release of a special counsel’s report laying out possible grounds for University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall’s impeachment, a legislative committee is proceeding cautiously as it determines its next steps.
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UT Regent Wallace Hall Case Referred to Travis County Prosecutors
Allegations of potential criminal wrongdoing in the handling of private student information on the part of University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall have been referred to Travis County prosecutors.
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Hardin: Impeachment Recommendations Up to Committee
What the members of the legislative committee investigating a University of Texas System regent do with a report laying out four potential bases for his impeachment is “entirely up to them,” the committee’s special counsel said Thursday.
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UT-Austin Faculty Objects to Shared Services Plan
A proposal to save money by consolidating administrative services at the University of Texas at Austin has encountered resistance from faculty members, who call it “part of the overly zealous, profit-motivated corporatist mandate.”
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Higher Ed Group Calls Regent Hall Investigation “Off the Rails”
UPDATED: Embattled UT System Regent Wallace Hall got support on Wednesday from a higher education nonprofit known for encouraging university trustees to take a hands-on approach to governance.
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New Higher Ed Almanac Armed With More Data to Aid Students, Advisers
For the first time since it launched in 2011, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s annual almanac includes earnings data from the Texas Unemployment Insurance Wage Record File.
