In a much-anticipated speech this afternoon to the Real Estate Council of Austin, state Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, outlined his plan for the development of a medical school in Austin. “This is the moment,” he said.
Higher Education
Coverage of universities, colleges, student issues, and education policy shaping Texas’ campuses, from The Texas Tribune.
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UT Reports Record Hispanic Enrollment
The University of Texas at Austin reports that its Hispanic enrollment has hit a record high this year. Nathan Bernier of KUT News has a closer look at the figures and what they mean for the state’s efforts to close achievement gaps.
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UT Regents Give Powers Authority to Tackle Conference Realignment
The University of Texas System regents today gave UT President Bill Powers the authority to take any necessary actions regarding conference realignment, another step in the university’s possible departure from the Big 12.
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aaronson on the rise in the state’s unemployment rate, Aguilar on the push to mandate use of an electronic employment verification program, Galbraith on fears about the drought’s impact on lake levels, Grissom on the latest in the Duane Buck case, Hamilton on the possible end of physics (academically speaking), Murphy updates our public employee pay app, Ramsey on David “Mitt” Dewhurst, Ramshaw on Rick Perry’s campaign swing through Virginia and Iowa, Root on the deletion of gubernatorial emails and M. Smith on the teaching of safe sex where you’d least expect it: The best of our best content from Sept. 12-16, 2011.
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Mike Leach: The TT Interview
The former Texas Tech football coach on his pending lawsuit against the university, how the state’s doing at educating student athletes and what happens if the Big 12 falls apart.
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For A&M, It Could Be “Lights! Camera! Contagion!”
Texas A&M University System scientists want cinephiles to know that the scenario in the movie Contagion is a very real one — and that if it did come to pass, they’d have a major role to play in solving the problem.
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Budget Woes, Calls for Efficiency Imperil Physics Programs
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board wants to eliminate degree programs with low enrollment — like physics. Critics, including many professors, say that could do lasting harm to the state.
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Energy
Texas State University System to Manage Christmas Mountains
A mountainous tract of West Texas land that has been a point of contention between the General Land Office and environmental groups will serve a new purpose — a research and educational area for university students.
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Data App: Our Latest Public Employee Pay Update
This morning we’ve posted a 2011 update to our government employee salary database, which now includes 140 entities and salary data for more than 664,000 public employees.
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UT President Bill Powers: “We Are a House Divided”
University of Texas President Bill Powers isn’t mincing words in his State of the University address. He takes head-on the controversy that has dogged the state’s higher education community for several months.
