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06/29/2009

Economy forcing kids change college plans
College-bound seniors are fast learning the lessons of a withered economy that has thwarted Ivy League ambitions, devalued diligent preparation and even weakened legacy ties.

06/26/2009

Paul Quinn president fighting for college
With its accreditation in serious jeopardy, the president of Paul Quinn College said Friday that it’s too soon to write off the oldest historically black college in Texas.

SACS takes TSU off probation
Texas Southern University, which has battled financial and management problems, was taken off probation Thursday by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the university’s accrediting agency.

06/27/2009

Houstonians get life-saving lessons
Hundreds of Houstonians learned to save lives at a mass CPR training session at the University of Houston on Saturday.

06/25/2009

Cy-Fair school board to vote on homestead exemption
The Cy-Fair ISD school board on Thursday is expected to vote on whether to keep the district’s homestead exemption.

06/24/2009

Houston's dead 'big box' stores come back to life as schools
Across Houston, there are some 250 big, empty buildings that once housed retailers including big names like Finger Furniture, Target, Circuit City and Albertson’s (according to figures provided by brokers CBRE and Grub & Ellis). Some have been vacant for months, some as long as five years.

06/25/2009

Paul Quinn College to lose accreditation
Paul Quinn College, a small historically black college in Dallas, plans to appeal a decision removing its accreditation, officials said Thursday.

06/24/2009

Texas rejects plan to adopt national school standards
Texas has decided to steer clear of a national effort – involving 46 states – to develop uniform standards for English and math instruction in public schools.

06/23/2009

School districts digest ruling on special ed refund
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that parents of special education students can seek public reimbursement for private school tuition, a decision that potentially could cost Dallas-area school districts millions of dollars.

06/22/2009

Chancellor says Murano didn’t meet expectations
The head of the Texas A&M University System says former A&M president Elsa Murano didn’t live up to hopes and expectations before she abruptly resigned last week.

Texas A&M power struggle raises questions about fallout
Texas A&M University yearns to be one of the nation's top public universities by the year 2020.

HCC gets grant from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Houston Community College is getting some help from a big-name foundation.

06/17/2009

Perry signs law to help Texas universities
Gov. Rick Perry has signed into law a bill that awards seven Texas universities millions of dollars in an effort to help them become top U.S. research institutions.

* 06/15/2009

School administrators head for resorts at taxpayers’ expense
Despite tight budgets for many public school districts, at least one in the Houston area is spending thousands of dollars this summer on hotel rooms and meals at local resorts.

Texas A&M regents pick interim replacement for Murano
Texas A&M University System regents have accepted Elsa Murano’s resignation and named the CEO of their Galveston campus as interim president of the flagship university.

* 06/14/2009

Academic association to probe UTMB layoffs
A committee appointed by the American Association of University Professors will travel to Galveston and Austin this summer to investigate whether the University of Texas Medical Branch used Hurricane Ike as a handy excuse to thin out tenured faculty.

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