Texas

"God Is Dead" (in its original German) is now deemed acceptable for professors to post on their office doors at a Texas college.

New report considers "scalable" models from eight colleges near the Texas-Mexico line.

In the search for a new chancellor at the University of Texas System, some critics say the process has become overly politicized.

U. of Houston-Victoria, home to a host of scholarly publications and activities, is an emerging intellectual destination (albeit one whose coordinates not everyone knows yet).

As U. of Texas again tries to change controversial admissions system, new research shows its value for minority students who get in and challenges "mismatch" theory.

New studies show dramatic shifts since Texas enacted law – toward reaching more high schools, but possibly excluding more transfers from community colleges.

Educators lobby Congress to approve President’s $2.5 billion College Access and Completion Fund, as they compare and contrast varying state efforts that would benefit from federal dollars.

Educators in Lone Star State trade ideas on how to get more community college students into four-year programs.

The "10 percent" plan in Texas has been one of the most successful experiments ever tried to get more minority students into top public universities with race-neutral criteria. It spawned similar (if less ambitious) programs in California and Florida and prompted numerous debates about equity in higher education admissions.

After only a year as the first Hispanic and first female president of Texas A&M, Elsa Murano quits. Was she forced out for not letting politics dictate a key appointment?