At Texas A&M University, Jaime Grunlan is a promising faculty leader and a powerhouse researcher investigating technology that could prevent fabrics from igniting. Why does he find himself open to leaving for the first time since 2004?
Higher Education
Coverage of universities, colleges, student issues, and education policy shaping Texas’ campuses, from The Texas Tribune.
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aaronson interactively asks if stimulus funds created jobs in Texas, Aguilar on new voter registrar rules that could decrease voter turnout, Galbraith on a UT professor’s debunking of climate change “myths,” Grissom on an epic clash of El Paso political titans, Hamilton on the right’s new higher ed guru, Murphy maps household data from the 2010 Census, Ramsey on a coming rules fight in the Texas Senate, Root and M. Smith on Rick Perry’s performance at the New Hampshire debate and M. Smith talks public ed cuts with the state’s Superintendent of the Year: The best of our best content from October 10-14, 2011.
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Higher Ed Guru: Seven Solutions a “Good Start”
Thomas Lindsay, recently selected to head the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Higher Education, attributes the state’s growing awareness of higher education to the discussion begun by the TPPF.
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Higher Ed Coalition Forms Student Group
The Texas Coalition for Excellence in Higher Education, a group of prominent Texans that formed earlier this year in opposition to controversial reform efforts, will today announce a spin-off group focused on students and young alumni.
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Audio: Public Higher Ed Confab With a Private-Sector Vibe
At a swanky invitation-only higher education conference put on by a for-profit education technology company, speakers extolled the virtues of incorporating technology into higher education.
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UT “Stampedes” Ahead With New Supercomputer
UT’s newest supercomputer, named Stampede, is expected to support more than 1,000 projects in computational and data-driven science and engineering from across the country, putting Texas on the cutting edge of scientific discovery.
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Updated: A&M Student Group Rebukes Perry on In-State Tuition Issue
A student organization at Gov. Rick Perry’s alma mater, Texas A&M, has started a petition requesting that the governor immediately call a special legislative session to end in-state tuition for illegal immigrants.
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Research Into Heat, Bleeding May Help Soldiers, Others
Researchers in Dallas hope their clinical tests will improve care for soldiers in the Middle East and even for construction workers, firefighters and other outdoor workers who sustain bleeding injuries in the Texas summer heat.
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The Business of Being a University Chancellor
Why do Texas colleges hire former lawmakers to run the show? It’s because the key trait for a new chancellor is the ability to attract money, both from donors and from the Legislature.
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2011 Texas Tribune Festival Keynote: Margaret Spellings
Full video of the keynote speech by former U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings in the Public and Higher Education track at the 2011 Texas Tribune Festival.