Samantha Ketterer
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Here's what happened when a group of Aggies faced scrutiny (and a drought) in their mission to light the annual bonfire: https://t.co/zJak8ZfUOj via @houstonchron
houstonchronicle.com
The bonfire, according to its motto, represents “the undying flame of love that every...
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“All they're trying to do is get an education and go to college.” Texas students say deportation fears, the loss of in-state tuition and the exclusion of DACA is forcing them to rethink their futures. via @claire_partain + @nachoaguilar
https://t.co/2zUymdHwCH
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Students say that deportation fears, the loss of in-state tuition and the exclusion of DACA in Texas is forcing them to rethink their futures.
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At colleges across Texas last month, viral videos, abrupt professor firings, new teaching limits and course audits came in such rapid-fire succession that before fallout ended at one university, another scandal was upending norms hundreds of miles away. 🧵 https://t.co/b9M7BhmOXQ
texastribune.org
Some students and professors say recent changes and scandals chill speech at universities. Others argue that conservative opinions can now be shared more freely.
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In his 1st state of @UTAustin address, President Jim Davis, charged UT to become a “model of public trust" & recommit to its mission. “Has inquiry become indoctrination? Has science surrendered to subjectivity?” he said. “That is not the Texas way.” More: https://t.co/3tmmxZ8dFq
statesman.com
Emphasizing balance, Davis said the university will create a required core curriculum focused on value, completeness and balanced views.
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New University of St. Thomas president brings steady experience to campus under strain https://t.co/TgodhgbxFQ via @houstonchron
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President Sinda Vanderpool is the first woman to lead St. Thomas and is stepping into the role amid overlapping crises, from financial losses to a recent cyberattack.
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NEW: UT is 1/9 colleges offered federal $ in exchange for protecting conservative voices, capping international enrollment. A key response deadline has passed, and UT is refusing to say whether it will agree to the deal. From @lilykepner: https://t.co/KNnBDlewK9
#txed #txlege
statesman.com
UT is the only college not to publicly respond to the Trump compact as seven of nine reject offer. UT System said it was honored to receive the deal Oct. 2.
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Trans Texas college students bearing more hostility as officials push binary gender definitions
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Once considered a safe haven to explore identity, Texas campuses are invalidating and alienating trans people, students say.
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Today is the first day of early voting. Here are the Houston-area education races to watch on Nov. 4 ✏️ @meganmmenchaca @sam_kett @ashsoebroto @HoustonChron
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Houston-area voters will elect nearly 40 board members to roles overseeing their local school district or community college in November. Here’s what to know.
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NEW FROM ME: The quiet removal of an academic leader marks yet another departure from @UTAustin due to “ideological differences” as new UT leaders aim to reshape & reform it. Six of UT’s 18 Deans are leaving or interim leaders. What’s happening & why: https://t.co/ftKvlFiyv4
statesman.com
The quiet removal of the university leader marks yet another departure from UT due to differences in vision as new leadership aims to reshape, reform higher ed.
Univ. of Texas professor was dismissed from an administrative post overseeing university academic affairs because of ideological differences. Texas is targeting professors who are more focused on pushing leftist ideologies rather than preparing students to lead our nation. We
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"With a ribbon-cutting and renewed call for community investment, Texas Southern University this week launched its new Institute for Urban Public Health and Housing to research and advance health outcomes in Houston's Third Ward" by @sam_kett
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The Institute for Urban Public Health opened with a ribbon cutting at the newly renovated W.R. Banks Child Development Center.
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Meet the man President Trump wants in charge of higher ed policy. He worked for Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a for-profit college trade group, and a company that paid the gov $13 million to settle accusations of gaming the financial aid system, my latest:
usatoday.com
Trump's pick to oversee higher ed was a vice president for a company that paid $13 million to settle accusations it defrauded the student aid system.
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BREAKING: USC has declined the Trump administration’s Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, according to a statement to the Daily Trojan from interim President Beong-Soo Kim on Thursday afternoon.
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.@UTexasMcCombs Dean Lillian Mills is the second dean at @UTAustin to announce their departure this fall as leadership changes atop the university settle in. She spoke with @lilykepner on her nearly two decades at UT's noted business school. https://t.co/h48n0ArXJP
#txed
statesman.com
In her last fall as dean before retiring in May, McCombs School of Business Dean Lillian Mills talks about her legacy at UT from Mulva Hall to weathering change in higher education.
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TSU Chairman Brandon Simmons will leave the board to become the state’s higher ed ombudsman:
gov.texas.gov
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'We hold our legacy and our history close': Texas Southern celebrates annual homecoming coronation Click for some amazing photos from @egconley: https://t.co/XreCOaWJNk via @houstonchron
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Mister and Miss Texas Southern University will represent the HBCU at various functions throughout the year.
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Houston City College's tax rate jumps by more than 2% for 2025 https://t.co/QQXWPQYjG4 via @houstonchron @ashsoebroto
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The Houston City College board unanimously voted Wednesday to increase property taxes.
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New: A federal judge temporarily blocked parts of Texas’ new campus-protest law, so @utsystem cannot enforce the overnight expression ban or end-of-term limits on speakers, amplified sound and drums while the case proceeds. Details:
texastribune.org
The law banned “expressive activity” on campuses from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m., among other restrictions. “The Court cannot trust the universities to enforce their policies in a constitutional way,” the...
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Trend of homecoming shootings prompts Texas Southern University to place curfew on its own homecoming tailgate: https://t.co/fUe8xslM4k via @houstonchron
houstonchronicle.com
Texas Southern University's football game against Virginia University of Lynchburg will begin one hour early, at 1 p.m., and the campus tailgate will end at 7 p.m.
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NEW: POLITICO obtained private group chat messages between leaders of Young Republican groups across the country. They talk about putting their opponents in gas chambers, raping their enemies and refer to Black people as “monkey” and “the watermelon people” https://t.co/Ba28MweLYa
politico.com
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
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Inside the St. Thomas data breach: Leaked documents reveal scope of university’s exposure https://t.co/3TDnAQF867 via @houstonchron with @andreeball
houstonchronicle.com
University of St. Thomas officials warned of a ransomware attack in August, but didn’t share the extent of the breach as confidential records were published on the dark web.
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