Tag Archives: UH-Downtown

Next B-Cycle expansion announced

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Charles Kuffner

From the inbox: Houston’s bike share system, Houston B-cycle, will more than triple in size over the next two years, adding 71 stations with 568 bikes. The expansion will be paid for with federal grant dollars. “The expansion of the … Continue reading →

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Mayoral debate #1

Posted on September 12, 2015 by Charles Kuffner

Who watched? In the first televised debate in the Houston mayor’s race, three of the candidates jockeying to replace Mayor Annise Parker took aim at former Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia and the agency’s allegedly low crime clearance rates. The … Continue reading →

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UH Downtown drops open admissions

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

UH-Downtown took up the issue of adopting admissions standards last week. “It’s time and it’s the right thing to do,” said President William Flores, who began advocating for admissions standards shortly after taking over as president in 2009. “We’re building … Continue reading →

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New bike trail into downtown nearing completion

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

From Swamplot: It looks like large portions of the 2.8-mile-long Heritage West Bikeway connecting Stude Park to UH-Downtown are close to completion, but the path along portions of the former UP railway won’t open until summer, according to the city. … Continue reading →

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Whatever happened to renaming UH-Downtown?

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

It’s been more than two years since regents at UH-Downtown first proposed changing the school’s name to something that didn’t include “UH” in it. An attempt to get a bill through the Lege in 2009 failed, in part to there … Continue reading →

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Story on Texas’ “dropout factories”

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Last month I blogged about this Washington Monthly story about colleges with extremely low graduation rates. Here’s a Star-Telegram article about that, which contains some reaction from a couple of the Texas schools named in the original piece. One factor … Continue reading →

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Adolfo Santos

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Last week, HISD Trustee Diana Davila resigned her position. It’s not clear yet whether the Board will appoint a replacement or there will be a special election, but Marc Campos is floating the name of a possible successor. UH-Downtown Political … Continue reading →

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UH-Downtown renaming update

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

As we know, UH-Downtown has been looking to change its name since 2008. After an unsuccessful first attempt to get consensus, it’s trying again and seems to have settled on City University or Houston City University as its preferred replacement … Continue reading →

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Renaming UH-Downtown, take 2

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

As we know, UH-Downtown has been trying to rename itself for over a year and a half now. Its first attempt at picking a new moniker, which would have been Houston Metropolitan University, didn’t go well as nobody really liked … Continue reading →

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UH-Downtown may drop open admissions

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

This could have some broad implications. After less than four months on the job, the new president of the University of Houston-Downtown has launched an agenda to reshape the school’s future. First up: creating admission standards for a school that … Continue reading →

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UH to raise admissions standards

Posted on November 7, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

That was the idea, or at least one of them, behind the push for more Tier 1 schools – to take some pressure off of UT and A&M by providing more places for kids in the top ten percent of … Continue reading →

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Post-mortem on UH-Downtown name change

Posted on May 9, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

It’s safe to say that UH-Downtown will remain UH-Downtown for at least two more years, since there’s no time to get a name change bill through the Lege at this point. The Chron takes a look at how the attempt … Continue reading →

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Video report from UH-Downtown renaming meeting

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Con Frijoles has a video clip of his testimony last Friday before the UH-Downtown Board of Regents concerning the name change saga. I just want to add that while I think Houston Metropolitan University is a perfectly decent name despite … Continue reading →

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The ongoing UH-Downtown renaming saga

Posted on February 8, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

Still going nowhere fast. University of Houston System regents Friday decided to wait for more suggestions before choosing a new moniker for UH-Downtown, concerned that “South Texas” made no reference to the city and overlaps with South Texas College of … Continue reading →

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UH-Downtown to move ahead with name change

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

They still don’t know what they want to be called, however. School leaders are going ahead with plans to rename the University of Houston-Downtown, despite opposition from students, alumni and some faculty members. “If it has its own distinctive name, … Continue reading →

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The University of Something Else

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

UH-Downtown has officially voted to change its name, but its regents haven’t decided what that new name ought to be just yet. UH regents today voted to pursue a new name for the 34-year-old school, with a majority agreeing that … Continue reading →

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Another UH-Downtown renaming update

Posted on December 8, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

UH-Downtown, which has been pursuing a new name and a more distinctive identity, is getting closer to making a decision. Leaders have proposed changing the name to give the 34-year-old university a stronger identity, saying too many people think it … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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