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.
Higher Education
Coverage of universities, colleges, student issues, and education policy shaping Texas’ campuses, from The Texas Tribune.
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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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Demographics
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.
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Criminal Justice
Colin Goddard’s Right to Bear Witness to a Campus Massacre
Colin Goddard survived the 2007 mass shooting on Virginia Tech’s campus that left 32 dead and wounded 16 others. He thinks allowing concealed weapons to be carried on college campuses is a dangerous idea, and he came to Austin to explain why.
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Higher Education
Battle Brewing Over Mandatory Meningitis Vaccine
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling this week that vaccine manufacturers are protected from lawsuits by parents who believe that vaccines harmed their children is sure to energize anti-immunization advocates working to thwart attempts to expand meningococcal vaccine requirements for college students.
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Higher Education
House Higher Ed Chairman Looks to Boost “Productivity”
For higher education issues, it appears that “productivity” is to this session what “tier one” was to 2009. House Higher Education Chairman Dan Branch, R-Dallas, has filed a trio of bills aimed at getting more bang for each buck invested in higher ed.
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Criminal Justice
Wentworth, Rodriguez Debate Campus Carry on CNN
On today’s broadcast of CNN’s American Morning, state Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, and state Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, D-Austin, debated the controversial issue of concealed handguns on college campuses.
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
The best of our best content from Feb. 14 to 18, 2011.
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Higher Education
ACU Students, Wired and Connected, Offer Peek at the Future
In the five years since Abilene Christian University began preparing for the freshman class of 2011, the private West Texas university with fewer than 5,000 students has done just that, transforming itself into perhaps the most technologically innovative campus in the state.