M. Smith on the continuing controversy over Beaumont’s school administrators, Tan on the deepening divide over the consequences of the House budget, Hamilton on the latest in the fight over higher ed accountability, Grissom on young inmates in adult prisons, Aguilar on the voter ID end game, Tan and Hasson’s Rainy Day Fund infographic, Ramsey on the coming conflict over school district reserves, M. Smith and Aguilar on Laredo ISD’s missing Social Security numbers, Galbraith on environmental regulators bracing for budget cuts and Ramshaw on greater scrutiny of neonatal intensive care units: The best of our best content from March 21 to 25, 2011.
Higher Education
Coverage of universities, colleges, student issues, and education policy shaping Texas’ campuses, from The Texas Tribune.
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Higher Education
Research “Extremely Valuable,” UT Regents Tell Texas Exes
Responding to a warning by the president of the Texas Exes that an anti-research mindset “would do irreparable damage” to UT-Austin, the UT System’s Board of Regents insisted today that research is “extremely valuable.”
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Higher Education
John Silber: The TT Interview
The outspoken former UT dean and Boston University president on higher education’s past, present and future — including his opinion of U.S. News & World Report rankings, and Howard Zinn and online degree programs.
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Higher Education
John Silber: The TT Interview
The outspoken former UT dean and Boston University president on higher education’s past, present and future — including his opinion of U.S. News & World Report’s rankings, Howard Zinn and online degree programs.
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Higher Education
UT System Redefines Adviser’s Position, Sets End Date
The University of Texas System leadership has officially reassigned controversial new hire, Rick O’Donnell, to a new position — one that will only exist for a matter of months.
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Economy
The Weekly TribCast: Episode 72
This week’s episode of the TribCast features Evan, Ross, Reeve and Ben talking mostly about the budget, but also a bit about redistricting and academic research.
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Higher Education
Budget Constraints Pit Teaching Against Research
College students will rally at the Capitol today for higher-education funding. But as Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports, some students think major changes are also needed on campus, where, they say, professors spend too much time researching and not enough time with undergraduates in the classroom.
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Higher Education
SSNs of Laredo ISD Students Missing In Possible Data Breach
A disk holding the Social Security numbers of thousands of current and former students in the Laredo Independent School District — a total of 24,903 — has gone missing, according to the Texas Education Agency.
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Higher Education
Lawmakers’ Concerns Linger After Changes at UT System
After running a gantlet of concerned legislators, Gene Powell, the chairman of the University of Texas System Board of Regents, took steps last week to assuage concerns over his direction of the system.
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Demographics
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Grissom on threats to re-entry programs for criminals, Hamilton on the tempest over the direction of UT, E. Smith’s interview with Joe Straus, Stiles and Chang’s new lobbying app, M. Smith and Weber on where state officeholders send their children to school, Aaronson on allowing new nuclear power plants, Aguilar on how Hispanic Republicans are handling immigration issues, Ramshaw talks abortion with Planned Parennthood’s Cecile Richards, Tan and Dehn on tapping the Rainy Day Fund and Galbraith on San Antonio and its water: The best of our best content from March 14 to 18, 2011.