Lawmakers and local leaders are hopeful a plan unanimously adopted at Thursday’s University of Texas System Board of Regents meeting means they could finally get what they’ve long been waiting for: a new medical school.
Higher Education
Coverage of universities, colleges, student issues, and education policy shaping Texas’ campuses, from The Texas Tribune.
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UT Regents Bless Cigarroa Plan
At this morning’s meeting of the University of Texas System Board of Regents, Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa won unanimous approval for a plan addressing hot-button higher ed issues of the moment like productivity, efficiency and accountability.
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Energy
Despite Scrutiny, Perry Gives Two Donors Plum Posts
Despite the national media’s intense scrutiny of his history of appointing big-dollar donors to high-profile positions, Gov. Rick Perry named two such donors to key boards Wednesday.
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After Tumultuous Period, Cigarroa to Present Plan to UT Regents
When University of Texas System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa rises to address the UT System Board of Regents today, the room won’t be quite the pressure cooker it was in May.
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Universities Flirt With Online Learning
Even as debate continues about how problems of rising costs and unsatisfactory graduation rates, innovative web-based approaches to higher education are being piloted around the state and being embraced by students and, yes, even some faculty and administrators.
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Conservative Groups: End Tenure, “Frivolous” Research in Higher Ed
One day before a key University of Texas Board of Regents meeting, conservative groups called for increased transparency in higher education and the end of faculty tenure and “frivolous” research projects.
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Higher Education
Higher Ed Oversight Committee’s First Hearing Set
Since it was created in May, little has been heard from the Legislature’s Joint Oversight Committee on Higher Education Governance, Excellence and Transparency. But today, its first public hearing was set for Wednesday, Sept. 21.
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George C. Wright: The TT Interview
The president of Prairie View A&M University on higher ed budget cuts, the role of historically black colleges in Texas and why he’ll soon be back in the classroom teaching the largest class on campus.
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George C. Wright: The TT Interview Audio
George C. Wright: The TT Interview Audio
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aaronson analyzes TWIA claims and lawyer fees, Aguilar talks border security and voter ID with Chuy Hinojosa, Grissom on the latest inmate exonerated via DNA evidence, Hamilton interviews John Sharp on higher ed and the SEC, Murphy interactively maps the changes wrought by redistricting, Philpott on who’s running Texas while Rick Perry is out campaigning for president, Ramsey on Perry’s history of off-the-cuff remarks, Ramshaw on Perry’s childhood years in Paint Creek, Root on Perry’s extraordinary first week on the trail and Tan on even more ways Texas will change on Sept. 1: The best of our best content from Aug. 15-19, 2011.