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.
Higher Education
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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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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.
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Higher Education
Kenneth Ashworth: The TT Interview
The former vice chancellor at the University of Texas and former commissioner of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on his new book, how the tensions of the 1970s are echoed in today’s battles between politicians and academicians at the state’s major universities, and on what he thinks is at stake.
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Higher Education
Kenneth Ashworth: The TT Interview
In his new book, Horns of a Dilemma: Coping with Politics at the University of Texas, Kenneth Ashworth chronicles the era of controversial UT System Board of Regents Chairman Frank Erwin, of which he says there are echoes today.
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Criminal Justice
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Hamilton on Victoria’s efforts to divorce the University of Houston, Ramshaw on a disagreement between right-to-life groups over laws governing when life ends, E. Smith’s TribLive interview with Sen. Kel Seliger and Rep. Burt Solomons on redistricting, Aguilar’s interview with the mayor of Juárez, Tan on the continuing hunt for money to buy down budget cuts, Grissom on a psychologist who found more than a dozen inmates mentally competent to face the death penalty, Stiles and yours truly on the House redistricting maps and Galbraith on cutting or killing a tax break for high-cost natural gas producers: The best of our best content from April 11 to 15, 2011.
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Higher Education
Tier-One Prize Money Tentatively Passes House
For those betting on the horserace to be the next state’s next public national research — or tier-one — university, the winners are about to be crowned. Today, the House tentatively passed House Bill 1000, which creates a mechanism to claim the prize money.
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Higher Education
Video: Rick Perry on Higher Education
At a Thursday morning press conference, Gov. Rick Perry discussed his priorities on higher education, including a four-year tuition freeze, $10,000 degrees and outcomes-based funding.