Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: Safety concerns stall construction on the ship channel bridge. We discuss how colleges decide who gets in. We learn how Project Row Houses is taking on the issue of black maternal mortality. And we visit a traveling exhibition of art made from LEGOs.
Posted on · On Friday's Houston Matters: We preview the Texans' playoff matchup against Buffalo, we learn why Houston is such a great place to go to school if you want to be an entrepreneur, a local chef explores the depths of Texas seafood, and inside the musical adaptation of The Color Purple.
Posted on · On Friday's show: Ensuring students don’t drop out of college because they lack money for food or housing, unearthing a new species of dinosaur, exploring the concepts of space travel in the movie Ad Astra, and hashing out The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly of the week's news.
Posted on · "If we really want to change the trajectory of our students in a very systemic and broad and meaningful way, we need to invest in our students earlier on."
Posted on · "I think the ideal outcome is that students see each other as a resource."
Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: An official says the immigration system is at a "breaking point." Mike Pence wants NASA to return to the moon in five years. We discuss the college admissions system. And we preview the new Astros Hall of Fame.
Posted on · Houston Matters talks it over with two participants in an upcoming lecture on that subject at Rice University.
Posted on · We discuss how higher education has adapted to a constantly changing world.
Posted on · On Wednesday's Houston Matters: We learn about a proposal to fund teacher pay raises. We break down the latest political stories. We explore how the experience of college has changed over the years. And a project puts artwork on billboards.
Posted on · Yolanda Norman talks about her experience as the first in her family to go to college.
Posted on · While the proportion of U.S. high school graduates enrolling in college has been rising, so has the proportion who are leaving without receiving a degree. And the numbers are barely improving.
Posted on · A varsity swimmer was found "responsible" for sexually assaulting a fellow student. But after a brief suspension and one semester of academic probation, he can rejoin the team.
Posted on · College is getting more expensive and students need more help than ever to pay for it
Posted on · Episode: 2748 Land Grant Colleges and the Morrill Acts. Today, college for all.
Posted on · The growth in spending is happening even at colleges whose sports programs can't sustain themselves financially