The UT System allocated $160 million of its oil money for the project.
Higher Education
Coverage of universities, colleges, student issues, and education policy shaping Texas’ campuses, from The Texas Tribune.
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Higher Education
Rejection of LGBTQ student group leads to a fight at “unambiguously Christian” Baylor
The Baptist university has denied a charter to Gamma Alpha Upsilon for eight years, members say.
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Texas Legislature 2019
Texas Tech receives $17 million to build the state’s second vet school
The Legislature designated the funding for the Amarillo campus over objections of Texas A&M University, which currently runs the only veterinary medicine school in the state.
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Higher Education
Most Texas workers will no longer lose their occupational license if they default on student loans
A 2018 report from the Texas Tribune found more than 4,200 people in the state — including security guards, cosmetologists and pharmacists – were at risk of losing their license because of student loan default in 2017.
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Texas Legislature 2019
Here’s what we know about the Legislature’s final property tax reform bill
The final version of the bill is expected to require cities, counties and emergency service districts to hold an election before raising 3.5% more property tax revenue than the previous year. Community colleges and hospital districts would need to do so at 8%.
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Higher Education
Texas A&M won’t renew President Michael Young’s contract — but says there’s no plan for him to leave
“We look forward to your continued service as our president,” A&M System Chancellor John Sharp wrote in a letter to Young.
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Texas Legislature 2019
Texas House passes Senate bill seeking to ensure free speech on college campuses
Senate Bill 18 would require universities to create disciplinary sanctions for students who interfere with free speech activities. It would still allow universities to put restrictions on the time, place and manner of such activities.
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Higher Education
Bill to reinstate Texas A&M and UT football game never gained ground
After it failed to move out of the House Higher Education Committee on Monday, a proposal to bring back the annual game seems all but dead.
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Higher Education
Gov. Greg Abbott signs bill creating University of Houston medical school
The medical school is projected to accept a class of 30 students for Fall 2020.
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Criminal Justice
Abilene police chief apologizes to family of 1922 lynching victim
A college student’s research helped bring together community leaders to organize a public ceremony to tell Grover Everett’s story.
