Student activists, professors and community members have rallied to oppose Wilson’s nomination, citing her anti-LGBTQ voting record.
Higher Education
Coverage of universities, colleges, student issues, and education policy shaping Texas’ campuses, from The Texas Tribune.
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Higher Education
After new admissions scandal, former Regent Wallace Hall says University of Texas’ rules are a “joke”
Hall led a heated battle to reform the school’s admissions procedures, which led to reforms in 2015. But after a UT tennis coach was accused of taking a bribe to help a student gain admission, Hall says more needs to be done.
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Criminal Justice
UT-Austin fires tennis coach and launches internal inquiry in wake of national bribery scandal
University President Greg Fenves announced the firing in an email and said, “The integrity of UT admissions is essential to our mission as a research university and to the students and families we serve.”
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TribCast
TribCast: College admissions scandal, “Border Hustle,” waiting for Beto
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Patrick, Matthew and Jay about whenever the heck Beto O’Rourke is going to announce his next move, the admissions scandal facing colleges across the country, including UT-Austin, and “Border Hustle,” a big Tribune collaboration with Time Magazine.
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Higher Education
Greg Abbott tells every university in Texas to re-evaluate processes in light of admissions scandal
A tennis coach at the University of Texas was among those charged in the fallout from the scandal.
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Higher Education
UT men’s head tennis coach on administrative leave after bribery allegations
According to court documents, Michael Center accepted $100,000 to help a student gain admission to the university through the tennis program. He is one of dozens of people named in a growing national college bribery scandal. “He is innocent,” his lawyer said.
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Higher Education
UT System to slash 65 jobs in second round of layoffs
The announcement, made in an internal email, is part of a new but expected wave of cuts aimed at trimming the system’s overhead.
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Higher Education
Former University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers has died
Powers presided over the university from 2006 to 2015.
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Higher Education
Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson chosen as the next president of University of Texas at El Paso
The University of Texas System Board of Regents unanimously picked Wilson to replace UTEP’s longtime leader, Diana Natalicio.
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Texas Legislature 2019
Point of Order: High hopes for higher ed
In the latest episode of our podcast about the 86th Legislature, Evan Smith talks to Renu Khator, the chancellor of the University of Houston System, about access, affordability, excellence, graduation rates and the importance of educating a diverse student population.
