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UT Advocates Podcast: Higher Education Coordinating Board Chairman Fred Heldenfels IV

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This week, we explore the impact of public education policy on student success with one of Texas’ most important higher education policymakers. Heldenfels...

 
 

Seliger, Dewhurst Take Action Regarding Regents

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Two days after lawmakers’ emotional show of support for President Powers, Senate higher education chair Kel Seliger has filed legislation relating to the role...

 
 

In the Texas Legislature, a Flood of Support for Powers

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Reading honorary resolutions is business as usual in the Texas Legislature. But today, when the Senate passed a resolution in support of UT president Bill Powers,...

 
 

UT Advocates Podcast: State Senator Kel Seliger

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The chairman of the Senate higher education committee talks to us about the Top 10 Percent Law, formula funding, and his impression of UT. Plus, he tells us about...

 
 

UT Advocates Podcast: Orange & Maroon Legislative Day

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We look back on the biennial gathering of Longhorns and Aggies at the State Capitol, see what unites these rivals, and look ahead to what’s next. At the...

 
 

Longhorns, Aggies Turn Texas Capitol Orange, Maroon

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Though much may divide them, UT and A&M alumni united this week to kick off their advocacy efforts at the Texas State Capitol.  Nearly 200 graduates from The...

 
 

UT Advocates Podcast: Jim Henson on Guns, Legislators, and UT

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Texas Politics Project director Jim Henson tells us what’s on the mind of Texas’ higher education-focused legislators. Henson is also the associate...

 
 

Higher Ed Chiefs Back New UT Engineering Building

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Leaders from the Texas Legislature are voicing their support for UT’s proposed engineering epicenter. Replacing UT’s aging engineering buildings is...

 
 

Lawmakers File Concealed Weapons on Campus Bill

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Members of the Texas Senate have filed a bill that would allow licensed gun owners to carry their weapons inside buildings on college campuses. Texas university...

 
 

UT Advocates Podcast: Jeremi Suri

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Professor Jeremi Suri responds to a controversial report regarding the teaching of American history at UT-Austin. Suri holds the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair...

 
 
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