This morning, Evan Smith of The Texas Tribune is sitting down with Texas A&M University President R. Bowen Loftin and University of Texas President William Powers, Jr. — and we live-blogged the whole thing.
Higher Education
Coverage of universities, colleges, student issues, and education policy shaping Texas’ campuses, from The Texas Tribune.
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Higher Education
Raymund Paredes: $10,000 Degrees “Entirely Feasible”
At a board meeting of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on Wednesday, Higher Education Commissioner Raymund Paredes said that $10,000 bachelor’s degrees — books included — as proposed by Gov. Rick Perry are “entirely feasible.”
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Higher Education
After Rick O’Donnell, Now What?
One week ago, Rick O’Donnell’s employment at the University of Texas System came to an abrupt end after 50 days marked by tension and confusion in the higher education community — especially at the University of Texas at Austin. So what happens now that he’s gone?
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Demographics
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aaronson on a freshman lawmaker’s rogue antics, Aguilar on how cartel violence affects tick eradication, Galbraith on Midland’s water woes, Hamilton on the exit of a higher ed reformer, Murphy maps voting age by county, Philpott on the data breach at the Comptroller’s office, Ramsey on why Susan Combs needs to eat crow, my TribLive interview with U.S. Sen John Cornyn, Ramshaw on Cornyn’s refusal to take the “nickel tour” of Planned Parenthood, M. Smith annotates the contracts of superintendents, Stiles on a GOP-friendly redistricting map and Tan on a possible Rainy Day Fund raid: The best of our best content from April 18 to 22, 2011.
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Health care
TribLive: Podolsky on Medical Education and Health Care Cuts
At a TribLive conversation on April 14, I interviewed Dr. Daniel Podolsky the president of UT Southwestern Medical Center, about the state of medical education, the cost of health care cuts and the value of academic research.
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Higher Education
Renu Khator: The TT Interview
The president of the University of Houston and chancellor of the University of Houston System on the status of UH’s tier-one efforts, dealing with serious budget cuts, and the value of academic research.
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Higher Education
VIDEO: Renu Khator: The TT Interview
The president of the University of Houston president and chancellor of the University of Houston System on the status of UH’s tier-one efforts, dealing with serious budget cuts, and the value of academic research.
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Economy
The Weekly TribCast: Episode 76
In this week’s jam-packed episode, Evan, Ross, Reeve and Ben discuss higher education reformers, data security at the Comptroller’s office, redistricting, the budget, and birthdays.
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Higher Education
Update: Rick O’Donnell “No Longer Employed by the UT System”
“It was not my choice to depart at this time,” says the controversial higher education reformer, whose hiring by the University of Texas System Board of Regents sparked an outcry at the University of Texas at Austin.
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Higher Education
Texas College Republicans Target Ogden
In a press release today, the Texas College Republicans said they were “stunned” by the actions of a member of the Texas Senate: Steve Ogden, R-Bryan.