The latest higher education news from The Texas Tribune.
In a letter sent to all House members on Monday, state Rep. David Simpson, R-Longview, shared his criticism of and questions for the House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations. Full Story
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Questions about insiders getting students into top state universities raises a question about power: Would it be more surprising if they had the clout to get people into school, or if they didn't? Full Story
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Texas A&M University’s decision to join the SEC, which has been widely heralded as a transformational move for the university, will be the subject of print and film accounts, set to come out this fall. Full Story
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The University of North Texas System has determined that the University of North Texas received "no more than $84 million" in excess funds from the state in the last decade. Full Story
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University of Texas at Brownsville President Juliet García will step down from the role she has held for more than two decades to lead a new University of Texas Institute of the Americas located in the Rio Grande Valley. Full Story
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As a legislative committee met to draft articles of impeachment against UT System Regent Wallace Hall, the man who appointed him to the board, Gov. Rick Perry, issued a strongly worded statement of support for the embattled regent. Full Story
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For the first time since voting that grounds exist for the impeachment of University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall, a legislative committee is scheduled to reconvene Wednesday afternoon. Full Story
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The University of Texas System Board of Regents voted Tuesday to keep tuition stable for in-state students at all of the system's academic institutions. Full Story
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UPDATED: The Texas Tech University System Board of Regents has officially named state Sen. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock, the sole finalist to be the system's next chancellor. Full Story
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A preliminary review of the admissions process at the University of Texas at Austin did not find systemic favoritism, but it did raise enough concerns to prompt the University of Texas System to conduct a broader inquiry. Full Story
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University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall is under fire for bullying records out of UT's flagship in Austin, and might get impeached for it. That could give him a stage to produce the fruits of his search. Full Story
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At our 5/15 TribLive conversation, Steve Patterson, the men's athletics director at the University of Texas, waded into the controversy over whether student-athletes should be paid. Full Story
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At our 5/15 TribLive conversation, Steve Patterson, the men's athletics director at the University of Texas, explained why Charlie Strong was the right choice to replace Mack Brown as head football coach. Full Story
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At our 5/15 TribLive conversation, Steve Patterson, the men's athletics director at the University of Texas, talked about the prospect of selling beer at sporting events. Full Story
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Three days after a legislative committee said there were grounds to impeach University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall, the chairman of UT’s board of regents said Hall should resign. Full Story
Full video of my 5/15 conversation with Steve Patterson, the men's athletics director at the University of Texas. Full Story
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The chancellor of the Texas State University System on the system's progress over the last four years, what it is still struggling with and the significance of $10,000 degrees. Full Story
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UPDATED: In light of Gov. Rick Perry’s word of caution about raising tuition, the University of Texas System Board of Regents on Wednesday only approved tuition increases for out-of-state and health science campus students. Full Story
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Robert Nelsen, who has served as president of the University of Texas-Pan American since 2010, announced Monday that he will be stepping down at the end of August. Full Story
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After voting on Monday that grounds exist to impeach one of the regents of the University of Texas System, members of a legislative committee say they hope to see a proactive response from UT's board of regents, which meets this week. Full Story
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