Earlier this week, we published a quiz to see if readers could distinguish between comments made about higher education by Gov. Rick Perry, University of Texas President Bill Powers, and others. It turns out: They (sometimes) can’t!
Higher Education
Coverage of universities, colleges, student issues, and education policy shaping Texas’ campuses, from The Texas Tribune.
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Powers on the 82nd Session and Higher Ed
One certain result of the 82nd Legislative Session is that the University of Texas at Austin will lose a signfiicant amount of funding in the 2012-2013 budget. Nathan Bernier of KUT News interviewed UT-Austin President Bill Powers on the effects of that cut and other session-related matters.
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Criminal Justice
Government Pay Update Completes UT System
We have a special update to the Tribune’s government employee salary database, adding recently acquired salary data from the last six agencies missing from the the University of Texas System, Texas Woman’s University and the Sabine River Authority.
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Higher Education
“Coalition for Excellence in Higher Education” Formed
A powerful group of individuals — including former regents, former university system chancellors and former university presidents — from around Texas have joined together to address the state’s ongoing higher education controversy.
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Higher Education
Quiz: Who Said What About Higher Ed?
The current controversy dominating the higher education headlines in Texas is nothing if not nuanced. See if you can read between the lines and figure out who made what comment in our latest quiz.
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Guides
Texplainer: Are Your Tax Dollars Paying for Sex Classes?
Hey, Texplainer: Is is true that sex acts are being taught to college students at state-funded gender and sexuality centers?
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Higher Education
On the Records: Texas Lawmakers Well Educated, Report Finds
The Chronicle of Higher Education has released a data interactive showing the education levels of lawmakers nationally. The study shows most Texas legislators are well educated — 48 percent have attained more than a bachelor’s degree.
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Higher Education
Controversial UT Regent: Let’s Push Reset Button
Of the new University of Texas System regents, none has received more scrutiny than Alex Cranberg. After months of controversy, he said the time has come to “push a reset button” on the relationship between the regents and the leadership at UT.
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Demographics
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aguilar on a newly exposed rift in the GOP, Dehn on what summer overtime for lawmakers costs taxpayers, Galbraith on one bright spot for environmentalists this session, Grissom on reports of abuse shrouding a death row case, Hamilton on the long slog toward higher education reform, Ramsey on where the Big Three stand, Ramshaw on the filibuster-induced rise of a state senator, Root on Perry’s jump into the culture wars, M. Smith on a new wrinkle in the school finance battle and Tan on the “pansexual” debate that nearly killed the crucial fiscal matters bill: The best of our best content from June 6 to June 10, 2011.
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Video: “Pansexual” Amendment Debate
While you were sleeping last night, lawmakers in the Texas House were engaged in a passionate debate over “pansexual” politics that nearly killed the entire fiscal matters bill, which is pretty much the main reason they’re having a special session. Trust us — this is must-see video.