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TXEXplainer: The Hazlewood Act

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For nearly a century, the Hazlewood Act has helped Texas veterans pay for college. But burgeoning costs and possible changes to the act have questions swirling about...

 
 
Whitman Shooting Lingers Over Campus Carry Debate

Whitman Shooting Lingers Over Campus Carry Debate

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At 11:48 a.m. on August 1, 1966, 25 year-old University of Texas engineering student Charles Whitman invented the mass, public shooting. A former Marine, well-trained...

 
 
Abbott Lists Research Funding Among Emergency Items

Abbott Lists Research Funding Among Emergency Items

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A State of the State address, like the better-known State of the Union, is a commonplace civic ritual. Like its federal counterpart, the address is ostensibly used...

 
 

Longhorns and Aggies Unite at the Capitol

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Can’t see this slideshow? Click here. Orange and maroon aren’t colors you usually see side by side, but they mingled beautifully at the Texas Capitol on...

 
 

Abbott Proposes Diverting Tech Money to Universities

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, BBA ’81, Life Member, is looking to replace a tech startup fund with one that would support university recruitment. On Thursday,...

 
 

TXEXplainer: The Presidential Search

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You’ve probably heard that sometime soon the University of Texas will have a new president. Later this spring, the Board of Regents will appoint the 29th...

 
 
Abbott Adds Distinguished Alums to UT Board

Abbott Aims to Add Distinguished Alums to UT Board

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The UT System Board of Regents has generated its share of headlines in recent years. On Thursday, Gov. Greg Abbott added another. Abbott, BBA ’81, Life Member,...

 
 

Graduation Czar David Laude on UT’s Latest Grad Rate Numbers

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In spring 2011, UT announced it had set the ambitious goal of getting 70 percent of undergraduate students out the door in four years by 2016, instead of the...

 
 
Lawmakers, Regents, and—Aliens?: The Higher Ed Week in Review

Lawmakers, Regents, and—Aliens?: The Higher Ed Week in Review

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The sometimes tense relationship between legislators and the UT System Board of Regents continued this week, as regents rebuked a request from a pair of lawmakers...

 
 
This Week's Regents' Meeting in Review

McRaven is the Man: The Higher Ed Week in Review

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This week, the UT System Board of Regents gathered in Austin for a two-day meeting intended to set the course for the coming year. Here are some of the decisions...

 
 
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