The latest higher education news from The Texas Tribune.
Tuition will go up next year for most students in the University of Texas System, after a Board of Regents vote today. Regents also committed to developing medical schools in Austin and South Texas. Full Story
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Three key participants in "Generation Texas," an effort to improve the state's college-going culture, discuss the $3 million campaign — and their hopes for higher education attainment statewide. Full Story
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This week, Texas A&M University is making significant amounts of data easily available to the public on a new "accountability" website, allowing people to dig into issues such as graduation rates, research expenditures and more. Full Story
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The University of Texas of the Permian Basin has announced the creation of a $10,000 bachelor's degree program. Highly qualified students with a strong interest in science can apply this fall. Full Story
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Regents from both the University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems are meeting this week, and most observers will be watching for their votes on tuition increases. Full Story
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A decision to cancel a boxing match at the University of Texas at El Paso between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. of Mexico and Andy Lee of Ireland has been reversed. Full Story
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University of Texas at El Paso President Diana Natalicio said that she was disappointed that a high-profile boxing match on her campus has been canceled and that she hasn't been told why it wasn't being held. Full Story
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Two House committees held a joint hearing today to explore how scientific research at universities can be commercialized for the benefit of businesses and the state economy. They heard testimony from the state's leading research universities. Full Story
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A staff shakeup at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and the University of Texas System follows the release of the findings of an investigation into the spending habits of the medical center's former president. Full Story
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Texas medical schools have increased their enrollment by roughly 30 percent in the last decade to help meet the state's demand for doctors. But the number of medical residency positions available in Texas is not keeping pace. Full Story
A Florida-based nonprofit is calling on public universities to freeze tuition — and it is kicking off a campaign by focusing on the University of Texas System. Full Story
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The president of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston on how his institution has recovered from Hurricane Ike and the institution's role in the state's future higher-education landscape. Full Story
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Full video of my April 13 TribLive conversation with Dr. Renu Khator, president of the University of Houston and chancellor of the University of Houston System. Full Story
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The Senate Higher Education Committee will hold its first hearing of the year on Wednesday, and with debate over higher ed reform cooling (for now, at least), focus has turned to community colleges and a surprisingly touchy topic: transfers. Full Story
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A new study on Texas’ higher-education policy lays out the tough choices that state lawmakers are facing and throws some cold water on one of their prize programs: the initiative to create more tier-one universities. Full Story
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The Posse Foundation, which has been lauded by the MacArthur Foundation and President Obama, is preparing to make its first foray into Texas public schools this year. Full Story
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Aaronson maps Medicaid patients' access to pharmacies, Aguilar on Mexicans in exile, Batheja on an unlikely threat to a veteran lawmaker's re-election, Galbraith and Murphy interactively track reservoir levels around the state, Grissom on the ringleaders who rule the state's largest youth lockup, Hamilton on how much Texas professors are paid, Ramsey on who's conservative, Ramshaw and Tan on the latest Planned Parenthood kerfuffle, Root on what Santorum's exit means for the Texas primary, and parts 4 (by M. Smith) and 5 (by Tan and Dehn) of our series on school district closures: The best of our best content from April 9-13, 2012. Full Story
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The Chronicle of Higher Education has compiled data on average salaries for professors on campuses across the country. How do Texas colleges and universities stack up? Full Story
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The dean of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences was recognized today by first lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden for the college’s commitment to veterans and military members. Full Story
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The University of Texas at Austin is kicking the smoking habit, announcing today that it will ban smoking on all university grounds. The new policy is meant to ensure that UT continues receiving cancer research funds. Full Story
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