After four years as head of the Texas Tech University System, former state lawmaker Robert Duncan announced Monday that he would retire as chancellor effective Aug. 31.
Higher Education
Coverage of universities, colleges, student issues, and education policy shaping Texas’ campuses, from The Texas Tribune.
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UT regents approve $175 million upgrade to Longhorns’ football stadium
The project, funded without tuition or taxpayer dollars, will add exclusive suites, clubs, new coaches’ offices, loge boxes and seating to the south end zone of the Royal-Memorial football stadium, according to UT System documents.
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Doubts aside, Sam Houston State pushes for a new medical school
The university says the school will give the state more rural doctors. Critics say it’s unnecessary and too expensive. An oversight board could provide approval this month.
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James Milliken named the sole finalist for UT System chancellor
After a months-long search, the board of regents went outside Texas and tapped the former chancellor of the City University of New York for the system’s top appointed position. UT’s chancellor oversees eight academic institutions and six health institutions.
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Rural Texas is struggling to keep doctors. One university wants to change that by opening a medical school.
Sam Houston State University argues that an osteopathic medical school is the prescription for what’s ailing underserved communities in Texas.
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Parents love San Antonio’s preschool program. But soon, voters could weigh in on its fate.
While critics question whether a city-funded pre-K initiative is helping boost long-term educational outcomes, administrators and parents say there’s no doubt about the quality of the education children receive at the program’s four centers.
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Two Texas chancellors among the country’s best-paid public university executives
Former University of Texas System Chancellor Bill McRaven was the third highest paid. Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp ranked fifth.
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More high school grads than ever are going to college, but 1 in 5 will quit
While the proportion of U.S. high school graduates enrolling in college has been rising, so has the proportion who are leaving without receiving a degree. And the numbers are barely improving.
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UT-Austin has no plans to drop affirmative action policy, despite new Trump administration guidelines
Though the Trump administration rescinded Obama-era guidelines encouraging colleges to factor race into admissions, it doesn’t force campuses to change their policies.
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Trump administration moves to rescind Obama-era guidance on race in admissions
The action is likely to signal a shift toward advocacy of race-neutral admissions. The Supreme Court has upheld race-conscious admission practices as recently as 2016, but affirmative action in higher education remains a contentious issue.
