UHD : Higher Education Headlines: September 7

Spring TX

11 September, 2021

5:19 AM

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Press release from the University of Houston-Downtown: September 07, 2021 Get your daily dose of higher ed headlines. Just a click away. UH Board of Regents Calls Special Meeting to Discuss Big 12 Houston Chronicle[Subscription Required] Texas NAACP, Students File federal Civil Rights Complaint Over UT-Austin's "Eyes of Texas" The Texas Tribune[Free Subscription Required] Students Are Going Back to Class, and Property Investors Want to House Them The Wall Street Journal[Subscription Required] A Generation of Men Give Up on College The Wall Street Journal[Subscription Required] There's No Standard Among Colleges' COVID-vaccination Dashboards The Chronicle of Higher Education[Free Subscription Required] Brandman University to Become UMass Global Inside Higher Ed[Free Subscription Required] At UH Request, City Agrees to Rename Part of Calhoun Road to Remove Nod to Slavery-championing VP Houston Chronicle[Subscription Required] How a Houston Church Partnered with UH to Bring a New Telehealth Clinic to the Community Houston Chronicle[Subscription Required] Expert View: What's Working and Not Working as Private Colleges Struggle with Enrollment, Financial Pressures Houston Business Journal[Subscription Required] University of St. Thomas' McNair Center Launches Advisory Board with Two Local Entrepreneurs Houston Business Journal[Subscription Required] TSU Teams Up with Apple, Joining Network of HBCUs to Teach Coding Houston Chronicle[Subscription Required] More Out-of-state Students Don't Bring Colleges Higher Tuition Revenue, Study Finds The Chronicle of Higher Education[Free Subscription Required] This Map Tracks Faculty and Staff Experiences With COVID in Real Time The Chronicle of Higher Education[Free Subscription Required] Is Your Administration Building Obsolete? The Chronicle of Higher Education[Free Subscription Required] The Semester of Magical Thinking The Chronicle of Higher Education[Free Subscription Required] PVAMU President Ruth Simmons on Social Progress, Building an Endowment and Paying It Forward Houston Chronicle[Free Subscription Required] University Risks and OPMs Inside Higher Ed[Free Subscription Required] About the University of Houston-Downtown The University of Houston-Downtown (UHD)—the second largest university in Houston—has served the educational needs of the nation's fourth-largest city since 1974. As one of four distinct public universities in the University of Houston System, UHD is a comprehensive four-year university led by President Loren J. Blanchard. Annually, UHD educates more than 15,000 students; boasts more than 54,000 alumni and offers 44 bachelor's, nine master's degree programs and 16 fully online programs within five colleges (Marilyn Davies College of Business; Humanities & Social Sciences; Public Service, Sciences & Technology; and University College). UHD has the most affordable tuition among four-year universities in Houston and one of the lowest in Texas. The University is noted nationally as a Hispanic-Serving Institution, Minority-Serving Institution and Military Friendly School. For more on the University of Houston-Downtown, visit www.uhd.edu. This press release was produced by the University of Houston-Downtown. The views expressed here are the author's own.