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.@JudithZaffirini predicts Senate will confirm UT Regents. "If they’re blocked, we don’t know who will be nominated." #highered
RT @TexasTribune: TX Senate passes bill on fixed tuition rates with regent rules added trib.it/14v5lRo #txlege #highered
Fixed Tuition Passes Senate With Regent Rules Added
texastribune.org — Gov. Rick Perry has been a proponent of legislative efforts to require that universities offer a four-year, flat-rate tuition option for students. And with the Senate's approval Tuesday, such a bill has now passed both chambers, but it includes language that might give the governor pause.
RT @TXHigherEdBoard: Gov. Rick Perry signs bill making Texas Tech med school stand-alone campus. elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_… #TXHigherEd #txlege
Texas Gov. Rick Perry signs bill making Texas Tech med school stand-alone campus
elpasotimes.com — Gov. Rick Perry on Monday signed a bill establishing the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso as its own independent school within the Texas Tech University System. The signing of Senate Bill 120 gives the El Paso campus its own administration, a milestone that supporters said could help transform the city's economy by expanding medical services and research.
RT @KoltenParker: Sen. Whitmire tells me 'campus carry' bill doesn't have votes to come up in Senate, says he is a 'no' #HB972 #txlege #guns
RT @JimVertuno: The regents nominations need a 24-hour waiting period before full Senate vote. Hegar says vote likely Thursday. #txlege
Remember: One week from today is the first day of the interim session. #txlege
RT @TexasTribune: Sen. Nominations Comm. approves 3 @utsystem regent nominees trib.it/14NXe1O #txlege #highered
Nominations Committee Approves UT Regent Nominees
texastribune.org — The day after a tense, lengthy hearing with Gov. Rick Perry's three nominees to the University of Texas System Board of Regents, the Senate Nominations Committee on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve each one.
RT @amanbatheja: TX Senate votes 19-11 to pass on a proposal to repeal Top 10% rule for college admissions. #txlege
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