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  • TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

    By Evan Smith

    Aaronson and Tan interactively map women's health program providers in Texas, Galbraith talks to the state's climatologist about (what else?) the drought, Grissom with the latest on violence in youth prisons, Hamilton on why UTEP's low four-year graduation rate may not matter, Murphy's interactive comparing graduation rates and more at public universities in Texas, Ramsey on the redistricting end game (we think), Ramshaw on the state health commissioner's attack on Planned Parenthood and Root on the closing of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's storied Austin bureau: The best of our best content from February 27 to March 2, 2012. Full Story 

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    Credit: Illustration by Allen Otto

  • Texas Higher Ed Coalition Gathers in Austin

    By Reeve Hamilton

    The state's higher education reform debate may have cooled, but the discussion hasn't frozen. The Texas Coalition for Excellence in Higher Education is meeting right now in Austin — and they say they're not giving up the fight. Full Story 

    A look at the sun setting over the University of Texas at Austin Tower in 2011.
    Credit: Illustration by Nicolas Raymond / Todd Wiseman

  • UT Goes to Washington

    By Morgan Smith

    With the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision this to hear an affirmative action case against the University of Texas, the university’s policies are once again poised to become a flashpoint in national discourse about the proper role of race in college admissions. Full Story 

    The University of Texas at Austin.
    Credit: Muliadi Soenaryo

  • Fisher v. Texas Headed to High Court

    By Morgan Smith

    UPDATED: University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers has responded to the U.S. Supreme Court decision to hear an affirmative action case that argues the university's race-conscious admissions policy violates the rights of white students. Full Story 

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  • Kay McClenney: The TT Interview

    By Reeve Hamilton

    The director of the University of Texas at Austin's Center for Community College Student Engagement on the latest research identifying how to boost lagging success rates at two-year institutions. Full Story 

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    Credit: Todd Wiseman / Muliadi Soenaryo

  • TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

    By Evan Smith

    Aaronson interactively charts the legal wrangling between Texas and the feds, Aguilar on what Obama's budget means for the border, Galbraith on congressional ambivalence about a wind tax credit, Grissom on cuts to crime victims services, Hamilton on UT-Austin's plan to boost graduation rates, Ramsey on our woefully low voter turnout, Ramshaw on a new Super PAC targeting incumbents of both parties, Root on conservative opposition to the Keystone pipeline and M. Smith on cash-starved school districts in the advertising game: The best of our best content from February 13-17, 2012. Full Story 

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  • TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

    By Evan Smith

    Aguilar on an environmental battle in South Texas, Galbraith on the impact of the drought, Grissom on the latest in the Michael Morton case, Hamilton and Theobald on plans for greater scrutiny of faculty performance, Murphy on Rick Perry's campaign donors and expenditures, Ramsey on where we stand on redistricting, Ramshaw on the intense interest in stem cell rules, Root on a congressman's controversial pipeline holdings, M. Smith on the backlash against student testing and Tan on the fight for a new medical school in Austin: The best of our best content from February 6-10, 2012. Full Story 

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  • Philip Castille: The TT Interview

    By Reeve Hamilton

    The new president of the University of Houston-Victoria on whether the institution will remain in the UH System, its plans to play a major role in the state's higher education landscape and its response to Texas' workforce needs. Full Story 

    University of Houston-Victoria campus.
    Credit: Eddie Seal