A high-priced new hire at the University of Texas System has some worried, both because of budget pressures and what they fear might be a precarious new direction for the system that could threaten its flagship university’s elite status.
Higher Education
Coverage of universities, colleges, student issues, and education policy shaping Texas’ campuses, from The Texas Tribune.
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Demographics
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Conversations about the coming Hispanic majority and the 82nd session from our New Day Rising symposium, M. Smith on the latest tort reform battle, Galbraith on greater scrutiny of the gas industry, Ramsey on whether lawmakers will cut their own pay and benefits, Ramshaw and Aguilar on what’s holding up abortion sonogram legislation, Aguilar on the ag commissioner’s controversial new website, Philpott on what $9.8 billion in public education cuts looks like, Hamilton on a snippy exchange of higher ed letters and Grissom on the latest court decision in the Hank Skinner case: The best of our best content from March 7 to 11, 2011.
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Health care
The Weekly TribCast: Episode 70
This week’s TribCast features Evan, Reeve, Ben and Emily discussing the holdup with abortion sonogram legislation, cuts to public education, and bickering in higher education.
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Higher Education
B-On-Time: Good for Students, Not for Some Schools
The B-On-Time Loan Program offers sweet savings if you are a student. But if you are an institution of higher education, the program might be costing you anywhere from a few thousand to millions of dollars.
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Higher Education
A&M, Assn. of American Universities in Fight Over “Ill-Conceived” Reforms
The Association of American Universities, widely considered the gatekeeper to coveted tier-one status, has strongly criticized the Texas A&M University System’s new policy of tracking the money spent on and generated by each individual professor.
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Higher Education
Colby Bohannan: The TT Interview
The Texas State University junior on his new organization, the Former Majority Association for Equality, its college scholarships exclusively for white men and why he contends he’s not a racist.
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Higher Education
In Ranger, Fears of Town Waning With College’s Closure
News that the state could shutter four community colleges has rattled the rural town of Ranger, whose community college faces closure. Nathan Bernier and Paulo Martins of KUT News look at what the closure could mean for the college — and the town for which it has become something of a lifeline.
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Demographics
Texas DPS: “Avoid Mexico and Stay Alive”
The Texas Department of Public Safety is recommending — again — that Texans avoid traveling to Mexico for vacation. It’s the second warning in less than five weeks.
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Hispanic Lawmakers Spar Over Politics of Race, Education
Protecting education and recognizing that the rapidly growing Hispanic population will gain a major political voice in Texas were themes that emerged Monday at the Tribune’s “New Day Rising” forum.
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Criminal Justice
Cigarroa: Campus Carry Creates “Less-Safe Environment”
Today, University of Texas System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa issued a letter to Gov. Rick Perry weighing in on the touchy issue of allowing concealed handguns in college campus buildings. In short: He’s against it.