The latest higher education news from The Texas Tribune.
The spotlight will be on the University of Texas System lawyers as the House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations convenes for two days of hearings starting on Tuesday. Full Story
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UPDATED: Paul Foster, the chairman of the University of Texas System Board of Regents, submitted a request for an opinion to the attorney general on Wednesday regarding whether or not a legislative committee can compel testimony on matters protected by attorney client privilege. Full Story
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The University of Texas System released five potential name and logo combinations for its new university in the Rio Grande Valley on Monday and invited the public to weigh in. Full Story
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One of the lawmakers on the legislative committee currently mulling articles of impeachment against University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall believes he has found a way to calm the controversy. He thinks Hall should resign. Full Story
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Tom Pauken is the only statewide candidate who has made higher education a central issue in his campaign thus far. But his approach to it is drawing criticism from within the higher education community. Full Story
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In early 2013, University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall, on a call with the agent for University of Alabama coach Nick Saban, said UT-Austin President Bill Powers would be gone by the year's end. Full Story
The director of the Texas Memorial Museum on why the institution's upcoming 75th anniversary will be bittersweet and why massive budget cuts currently planned for the museum are more than a local problem. Full Story
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State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer believes that the investigation into whether a University of Texas System regent should be impeached could require a look at UT regents' personal computers, iPads and smartphones. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday called the ongoing impeachment investigation into University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall “extraordinary political theater.” Full Story
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The Texas Association of Community Colleges on Tuesday announced the creation of a new Texas Success Center, designed to marshal the state's various approaches to student success and to advocate for related policies. Full Story
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Following a week of intense scrutiny from the Legislature, University of Texas System Board of Regents Chairman Paul Foster announced on Friday that he intends to recommend new policy changes in November. Full Story
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Overall enrollment in Texas colleges and universities grew by about 8,000 students in 2013. That's an increase of less than 1 percent over 2012 figures. Full Story
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Percent-for-art policies are becoming increasingly common at Texas public universities, and campus leaders say they contribute to the vibrancy of their institutions. Full Story
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Chancellor Kent Hance intends to announce on Friday that he will retire in the summer of 2014, sources at the Texas Tech University System confirmed late Thursday. Full Story
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On Oct. 19, I talked with R. Gerald Turner, the president of Southern Methodist University, about the high cost of higher ed, athletics vs. academics and more. Full Story
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UPDATED: Records requests that University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall filed with the University of Texas at Austin were the subject of hours of testimony Tuesday afternoon during a legislative committee hearing. Full Story
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On Wednesday in Jerusalem, Gov. Rick Perry, Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp and Israeli President Shimon Peres will announce plans for an Aggie campus in Nazareth. Full Story
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Long-awaited hearings begin Tuesday that could advance the ball toward resolution of a long-standing feud between the University of Texas System and the Legislature. Full Story
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The University of Texas at Austin announced on Monday a $50 million gift from the Moody Foundation to its College of Communication, which will be renamed the Moody College of Communication. Full Story
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Representatives from the MD Anderson Cancer Center and IBM on Friday announced their collaboration on a project that uses a supercomputer to cull big data to help physicians recommend treatments for cancer patients. Full Story
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