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He was both the first alumnus and the first Hispanic to serve as Texas Tech president. [citation needed] A Democrat, Cavazos served as Secretary of Education from August 1988 to December 1990 during the Republican Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations. He was confirmed by the Senate in a 94-0 vote. [1] He resigned in December 1990.
She previously served as the eighth United States secretary of education from 2005 to 2009. After leaving the government, Spellings served as president of the University of North Carolina System, overseeing the seventeen campus system from 2016 to 2019. She then served as president and CEO of Texas 2036 from 2019 to 2023. [2]
A nomination for Secretary of Labor is reviewed during hearings held by the members of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, then presented to the full Senate for a vote. On November 22, 2024, President-elect Trump selected Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon as his nominee for Labor Secretary.
What started as one institution in 1923 is now a higher-education system with five universities and campuses across the state and globe, emerging as a leader in research and innovation.
of Texas – Secretary of Education Announced January 7, 2021 Assumed office January 8, 2021: Deputy Secretary of Education Mick Zais of South Carolina – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Announced May 18, 2018 Assumed office July 30, 2018: Under Secretary Robert Wilkie of North Carolina – Secretary of Homeland Security Announced January 11, 2021
Asked if he had talked about dismantling the Education Department, Mullin said that he wouldn't discuss the details of their meeting. On the House side, GOP Rep. Virginia Foxx, chairwoman of the ...
In a preliminary vote on Tuesday, Texas education officials approved a proposal to allow lessons about the Bible into public school classrooms, according to multiple news reports. The state Board ...
Duncan practices law and is a partner at the Lubbock firm of Crenshaw Dupree & Milam, L.L.P. Duncan, along with colleagues Bob Deuell of Greenville, John Carona of Dallas, Kevin Eltife of Tyler, and Kel Seliger of Amarillo, is considered one of the most liberal of the nineteen (as of 2013) Texas Senate Republicans, according to an analysis by Mark P. Jones of the Political Science Department ...