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Hance, search committee want new Tech president by July
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As Jon Whitmore was interviewing to fulfill president or chancellor duties at other schools, a Texas Tech search committee already was looking for his replacement . Administrators within the California State University System chose Whitmore to be the next president of San Jose State University, he announced May 14.
Anderes leaving Tech for University of Wisconsin system
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One of Texas Tech's top administrators soon will be resigning his position to take a job in his native state before the end of the summer. Thomas Anderes, Tech's executive vice president of administration and finance, will be leaving Lubbock to work for the University of Wisconsin System.
Electrical and Computer Engineering offers new programs in Taiwan, Germany
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Texas Tech's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is teaming with National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan and the Technical University of Munich, Germany, to offer two new dual degree master's programs this fall. Kwong Chao, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Tech, said these programs will provide students with the opportunity to receive a master's degree in electrical engineering from two different universities.
Tech Board of Regents freezes tuition rates for 2008-09
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The Texas Tech Board of Regents finalized plans to freeze tuition rates for the 2008-09 academic year on May 10, which may seem to be a rare financial blessing for many Tech students. The tuition freeze came after several years of tuition-rate increases at the university, which increased tuition approximately $2,000 since since 2003 to its current price, more than $7,000 for a full-time student course load.
