Aaronson interactively maps Texas Medicaid providers, Aguilar talks legalization with the head of the Drug Policy Alliance, Galbraith on farmers watering what they know won’t grow, Grisson sits down with exoneree Michael Morton, Hamilton on the elusive $10,000 college degree, Murphy et al. update the 2012 election brackets, Ramsey on Bill Ratliff’s frank budget analysis, Ramshaw on a hospital where the overweight need not apply, Root on Joe Straus’ primary opponent and Tan rounds up reactions to the Supreme Court’s health care hearings: The best of our best content from March 26-30, 2012.
Higher Education
Coverage of universities, colleges, student issues, and education policy shaping Texas’ campuses, from The Texas Tribune.
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Texplainer: How Can I Get a $10,000 Degree?
The announcement earlier this month that a bachelor’s degree was available at Texas A&M University-San Antonio for less than $10,000 was met with understandable enthusiasm. But it may only be available for a very small group.
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First Minority Cancer Month Highlights Disparities
Lawmakers and health care advocates gathered today to kick off the state’s first annual Minority Cancer Awareness Month, designated in the last legislative session to bring awareness to racial disparities in cancer survival.
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Sunset Report Faults Student Loan Program
In fiscal 2011, more than $32 million of funding set aside for a key college loan program created by the state — more than one-third of the program’s total funding — never reached Texas students.
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Outcomes-Based Higher Ed Funding Plans Move Forward
A new funding model for public higher education in Texas is in the works. The latest proposal was revealed today at a committee meeting at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
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Larry Faulkner and George Grainger: The TT Interview
The former University of Texas president and the Houston Endowment’s director of research and planning on why new measurements for educational success are necessary and the troubling education situation in Texas.
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Amid Fiscal Challenges, Rural Colleges Adjust
Rural community colleges play pivotal roles in their communities but face unique financial challenges that demand creative solutions to keep the doors open.
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Technical College System Working to Link State Funds to Student Jobs
Texas State Technical College and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board are developing a bold new outcomes-based funding model. But do they have the necessary data to make it work?
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Texas A&M Looks for Savings, Finds a Fight
John Sharp, the new Texas A&M University System chancellor, is out to privatize services at the main campus in College Station.
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Campus Election Seasons Provide Political Intrigue
At the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University campuses, the student body election seasons have been anything but ordinary.