Updated: Majority of Senators Sign Letter to UT System
A majority of Texas senators have signed the letter calling the University of Texas System's planned review of the University of Texas Law School Foundation "unnecessary." Full Story
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Feds Approve New Vaccine Facility in Bryan-College Station
The federal government has approved a $91 million influenza-vaccine manufacturing facility based in the Bryan-College Station area to be run by the Texas A&M University System and pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline. Full Story
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Guest Column: Education in Wonderland
Getting rid of standardized tests in public education would make it impossible to find out whether students have mastered the basics or acquired the skills necessary for success. Tests are the best way to measure results for students. Full Story
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Guest Column: Texas Leads in Testing, but Not in Education
Texas outspends every state in the nation on testing and leads in the number of tests it requires students to pass to graduate from high school. But that has not translated to a lead in students' education performance. Full Story
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Legislator: Regent Behavior "Inconsistent" With Statute
The Texas Education Code lays out the state's expectations for regents of public university systems, and state Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, is now questioning whether the University of Texas System board is living up to them. Full Story
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Sharp Charts Smooth Course for A&M's Changes
Halfway through his first legislative session as chancellor of the Texas A&M University System, and after a year and a half on the job, the benefits of John Sharp’s political savvy are on full display. Full Story
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Texas Weekly Newsreel: Term Limits, DNA Testing, Armed Teachers
This week in the Newsreel: The flap between University of Texas regents and UT-Austin President Bill Powers rages on, Attorney General Greg Abbott calls for pre-trial DNA testing for capital cases and legislators are talking of arming teachers in public schools. Full Story
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Lawmakers, Observers React to Tense UT System Meeting
Longtime employees of the University of Texas System could not recall a split vote on the board of regents, which has traditionally settled differences behind closed doors and presented a unified front. That changed on Wednesday. Full Story
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UT System Votes for External Review of Law School Foundation
In a tense meeting Wednesday, University of Texas System regents voted to seek an external review of the University of Texas at Austin's relationship with the University of Texas Law School Foundation. Full Story
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Updated: Panel Discusses UT System Records Request
Sen. Kel Seliger, who co-chairs the Legislature's joint higher education oversight committee, said UT regents should have access to the information they have requested, but the committee wants to make sure it is being gathered and used appropriately. Full Story
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House Gives Early Approval to New South Texas University
Members of the Texas House on Tuesday voted unanimously in favor of a bill to create a new South Texas university that includes a medical school. Full Story
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Patrick: Attacks Over Bill on College History Courses Misguided
State Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, took to Facebook to defend himself against criticism that he wants to eliminate college courses in Mexican-American and African-American history. Full Story
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Storify: Campus Carry Bills Debated in House
Four bills that would ease restrictions on the carrying of concealed weapons on college and university campuses were debated Thursday in the House Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety. Full Story
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New UT-Arlington President Calls University a "Model"
Vistasp Karbhari, who was named the new president of the University of Texas at Arlington on Tuesday, said that he has no plans to dramatically alter the institution's current course. Full Story
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UT System Leader Expresses Concerns Over Campus Carry
As lawmakers prepare to discuss allowing concealed handguns in college and university buildings on Thursday, the chancellor of the state's largest university system continues to express his concerns with such proposals. Full Story
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At Hearing, UT Law School Foundation Admits "Mistakes"
John Massey, the board president of the University of Texas Law School Foundation, said in a legislative hearing on Tuesday that the organization made "mistakes" in the operation of its now-defunct forgivable loan program. Full Story
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Bills Aim to Help Universities Fund Veteran Program
Two lawmakers have filed legislation that would allocate state funding for education programs that exempt veterans or their dependents from tuition payments. Full Story
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SXSWedu: Can You Teach an Old College New Tricks?
University of Texas at Brownsville President Juliet García, Antioch University Chancellor Felice Nudelman and Steven Mintz, of the University of Texas System's Institute for Transformational Learning, discuss rapid changes facing higher education. Full Story
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After Quarter-Century on the Job, UTEP President is Still Making Waves
After 25 years at the helm of the University of Texas at El Paso, Diana Natalicio sees no end to her work in sight. Instead, she has recently taken on a bigger role in the national conversation about higher education. Full Story
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UT System General Counsel Resigns
Barry Burgdorf, the University of Texas System's vice chancellor and general counsel, has resigned. He is the latest addition to a growing list of high-ranking officials who have left the system. Full Story
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