UPDATED: University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers has responded to the U.S. Supreme Court decision to hear an affirmative action case that argues the university’s race-conscious admissions policy violates the rights of white students.
Higher Education
Coverage of universities, colleges, student issues, and education policy shaping Texas’ campuses, from The Texas Tribune.
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Kay McClenney: The TT Interview
The director of the University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Community College Student Engagement on the latest research identifying how to boost lagging success rates at two-year institutions.
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Criminal Justice
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aaronson interactively charts the legal wrangling between Texas and the feds, Aguilar on what Obama’s budget means for the border, Galbraith on congressional ambivalence about a wind tax credit, Grissom on cuts to crime victims services, Hamilton on UT-Austin’s plan to boost graduation rates, Ramsey on our woefully low voter turnout, Ramshaw on a new Super PAC targeting incumbents of both parties, Root on conservative opposition to the Keystone pipeline and M. Smith on cash-starved school districts in the advertising game: The best of our best content from February 13-17, 2012.
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UT-Austin Unveils Plan to Boost Four-Year Graduation Rates
UPDATED: UT-Austin President Bill Powers says some of the new recommendations for boosting the university’s four-year graduation to 70 percent will be implemented immediately, while others require further review.
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Record Arrests at TCU Following Early Morning Drug Bust
An early morning drug bust led to a record number of student arrests on the TCU campus in Fort Worth. Law enforcement officials indicate that the investigation is ongoing and more arrests could still be made.
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Energy
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aguilar on an environmental battle in South Texas, Galbraith on the impact of the drought, Grissom on the latest in the Michael Morton case, Hamilton and Theobald on plans for greater scrutiny of faculty performance, Murphy on Rick Perry’s campaign donors and expenditures, Ramsey on where we stand on redistricting, Ramshaw on the intense interest in stem cell rules, Root on a congressman’s controversial pipeline holdings, M. Smith on the backlash against student testing and Tan on the fight for a new medical school in Austin: The best of our best content from February 6-10, 2012.
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Health care
Senator Leading Charge for Austin Medical School
State Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, is on a mission to build a standalone medical school in Austin, and he’s taking an unconventional route to get there.
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Higher Education
UT Regents Vote to Revamp Review Process for Professors
Under the new rules, tenured UT System faculty members will receive two kinds of post-tenure reviews: yearly reviews and “comprehensive reviews” that will occur at least every six years.
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UT Regents May Step Up Scrutiny of Professors
When the University of Texas System regents meet in San Antonio today and Thursday, accountability will be back on the agenda, in the form of more frequent performance reviews for tenured professors and criminal record checks for certain employees.
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For UT-Arlington, More Than Just a New Building
The University of Texas at Arlington unveiled more than just a new basketball stadium this week. Its new $78 million, 7,000-seat venue is also a key part of an effort to become a top-tier institution.
