In Brownsville, Two Colleges Split and a Community Suffers
The separation of UT-Brownsville and Texas Southmost College leads to hundreds of layoffs.
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Professor Sues Over Layoff in UT-Brownsville, Texas Southmost Split
Susan Mills, a professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College, is suing the university officials who fired her—apparently the first lawsuit to come out of the schools’ messy split that’s cost the jobs of nearly 100 faculty members.
Senate Higher Ed Committee Approves UT-Pan American/UT-Brownsville Merger
The Senate Higher Education Committee passed a slightly amended version of SB 24, the bill merging UT-Brownsville and UT-Pan American, after testimony from UT System and Valley city officials Wednesday morning.
Lawmakers Consider New South Texas University in Emotional Hearing
Lawmakers held an emotional first hearing Wednesday on a proposal to merge the University of Texas-Pan American and UT-Brownsville into a new mega-university for South Texas.
It’s More than Just Ceremony for Citizen-Lobbyists at Capitol
For many, a trip to the Capitol doesn’t just mean sitting in the gallery for a few minutes until the applause is over, it can [...]