The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Office of the Ombudsman has launched (press release) a new website, giving the public easy access to file complaints and provide feedback regarding Texas higher education institutions.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced today (Nov. 14, 2025) that he has filed suit…
U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals: A public university professor loses his Free Speech lawsuit because he “self-censored” his comments over fears — that never materialized — that he would be retaliated against for those comments.
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) released (press release) preliminary numbers today (Oct. 22,…
Texas Second Court of Appeals: Questions revolving around a conversation in which two (now former) public college employees secretly recorded must be answered to determine whether a lawsuit filed by one of the ex-employees against the college must be dismissed.
The state’s first “Free College Application Week” will be held Oct. 13-19, 2025, and will…
(KVUE) The Conroe Republican has authored some of Texas’ major higher education legislation in recent…
Ruling: UT Austin has not completely proven that it has ended illegal race based considerations of prospective students.
Governor Greg Abbott today (Monday, June 30, 2025) announced the launch of an enhanced tri-agency…
The Texas Permanent School Fund (PSF) has a major stake in a $500M investment in…
The 89th legislative session’s first school related bill to be sent to the governor is…
The Texas A&M University System’s board unanimously voted Friday (press release) to select Comptroller Glenn…
UT Austin marked its third consecutive year of receiving a record-breaking number of freshman applications,…
Gov. Greg. Abbott announced today that he sent a letter to Texas public colleges and…
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center has agreed to pay $900,000 in back wages and interest to resolve alleged systemic racial hiring discrimination affecting 6,123 Black applicants at the center’s Dallas facility.
Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) today launched (press release)…
There were two major announcements in Austin on the state’s robotics education front this week.
The state-law ban on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at public higher-ed entities has…
UT Austin announced today that — starting with the fall 2025 semester — the university…
A new Texas Tech University “policy brief” faults fully online educator preparation programs (EPP) in…
Texas A&M University will address the demand for teachers in Texas with the help of…
A new Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) report reflects that despite Texas students enrolled…
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has just launched My Texas Future, a new digital…
The Charles A Dana Center at UT Austin has posted information (including a video) about…
The UT System and Coursera this month launched what is billed as the most comprehensive…
Ruling: The University of North Texas (UNT) can continue charging out-of-state students higher tuition than…
The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled, via a 6-3 vote, that race based admissions at…
Ruling: A public university’s requirement that a tenured professor give his students homework instead of…
Ruling: Because a jury might conclude that a university student’s de facto expulsion was due…
Ruling: Texas universities can revoke the degrees of their graduates on findings they committed academic…
New Texas higher-ed initiatives include a low-interest loan option and two online resource tools.
Rice University’s undergraduate tuition for the 2023-24 school year will be $57,210, an increase of…
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