Higher education

The tuition assistance program is expected to cover tuition and fees for about half of UTRGV students in the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Texas State, which has already undertaken reforms, said the "system previously in place did not produce accurate statistics." School officials said the U.S. Department of Education has been working with university police to ensure accurate information in an annual campus security report due next month.

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The university has already begun tightening its financial controls and will strengthen its efforts to detect and prevent fraud. The law school’s dean, Ward Farnsworth, has been asked to make improvements.

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Keller, who succeeds Raymund Paredes, will begin Oct. 1.

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The bill mandates required reporting from colleges and universities about courses that don't transfer, and aims to help students save time and money.

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Natalicio, 79, steps down this week as UTEP's president after becoming the first woman to hold the position in 1988.

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The lawmaker, a doctor by training, will oversee a network of six health institutions with four medical schools, two dental schools and three nursing schools.

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Although policies restricting children’s presence in the workplace are common, the introduction of one at Stephen F. Austin State University has been met with monthslong resistance from some faculty members.

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The Legislature gave a $17.3 million funding boost to the two-year colleges, which are part of the Texas State University System.

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Last year, five of the top 10 highest-compensated public university leaders in the country were from Texas schools, according to a survey conducted by the Chronicle of Higher Education.

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The UT System allocated $160 million of its oil money for the project.

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The Baptist university has denied a charter to Gamma Alpha Upsilon for eight years, members say.

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The Legislature designated the funding for the Amarillo campus over objections of Texas A&M University, which currently runs the only veterinary medicine school in the state.

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A 2018 report from the Texas Tribune found more than 4,200 people in the state — including security guards, cosmetologists and pharmacists – were at risk of losing their license because of student loan default in 2017.

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The final version of the bill is expected to require cities, counties and emergency service districts to hold an election before raising 3.5% more property tax revenue than the previous year. Community colleges and hospital districts would need to do so at 8%.

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“We look forward to your continued service as our president,” A&M System Chancellor John Sharp wrote in a letter to Young.

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Senate Bill 18 would require universities to create disciplinary sanctions for students who interfere with free speech activities. It would still allow universities to put restrictions on the time, place and manner of such activities.

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After it failed to move out of the House Higher Education Committee on Monday, a proposal to bring back the annual game seems all but dead.

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The medical school is projected to accept a class of 30 students for Fall 2020.

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A college student's research helped bring together community leaders to organize a public ceremony to tell Grover Everett’s story.

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