University of Texas President Bill Powers says he supports President Obama’s recent push toward performance-based funding, but he says the devil will be in the details.
Higher Education
Coverage of universities, colleges, student issues, and education policy shaping Texas’ campuses, from The Texas Tribune.
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New University Rule to Remind Undocumented Students to Seek Legal Status
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board today approved a new rule that would force universities to remind undocumented students of their promise to take steps toward permanent resident status.
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Texas State Relishes New Status, Focuses on Future
Texas State University President Denise Trauth expects the institution’s new emerging research classification to enhance its reputation and help in the recruitment of students and faculty.
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Higher-Ed Leader Calls for Balance in Academics, Jobs Training
Amid calls for greater emphasis on vocational training that meets the needs of Texas employers, the state’s higher education czar says universities should also remain focused on providing a “solid academic foundation.”
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State Employment Continues to Shrink
Texas cut nearly 8,000 state jobs over the last year, according to a new report from the state auditor’s office. Use this interactive to compare how the $15 billion in cuts passed by lawmakers in the last session has affected state-funded organizations within each article of the budget.
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Who Will Be Hiring Texans in 2018?
With a push being made to better align the state’s higher-education output with its workforce needs, we’ve put together interactive graphs and a database of what those needs will actually be in the year 2018.
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Tan and Root on the Texas presidential candidates returning to the state where Rick Perry started his campaign, Philpott on Perry’s swipes at Mitt Romney, Ramshaw on Griffin Perry’s tweets, M. Smith on the next round of fights over student testing, E. Smith’s TribLive interview with Michael Quinn Sullivan, yours truly on the sliding primary election calendar, Hamilton on higher-education efforts to bolster the Texas work force, Grissom’s interview with John Raley, Galbraith on the greenhouse gas wars and Aguilar on making it easier for immigrants to return to the U.S.: The best of our best content from January 9 to 13, 2012.
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Texas Colleges Adjust Due to Labor Market Needs
As the economy begins to show signs of life, efforts are under way at two-year colleges across Texas to make the state’s higher ed offerings more responsive to the labor market.
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Texas State Upgraded to Emerging Research Status
There are now eight Texas universities vying to be the state’s next tier-one university. Texas State University has officially been reclassified as an “emerging research university.”
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TAMU Takes on Tebow’s Team Over “12th Man” Trademark
The Denver Broncos may have defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers in their wild-card playoff game, but are they prepared for the Texas A&M University legal department?