The judge said the governor’s order impedes children with disabilities from the benefits of public schools’ programs, services and activities, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Higher Education
Coverage of universities, colleges, student issues, and education policy shaping Texas’ campuses, from The Texas Tribune.
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The new University of Austin hopes to counter what its founders say is a culture of censorship at most colleges
The university’s mission is to create a “fiercely independent” school that offers an alternative to what founders see as a rise in “illiberalism” on college campuses.
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Higher Education
University of North Texas names health school president Michael Williams sole finalist for system chancellor
Williams is currently president of the UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth and is a former system regent. He also served as the CEO of Hill Country Memorial Hospital from 2008 to 2013.
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Higher Education
Texas universities with federal contracts are caught between Greg Abbott and Joe Biden over COVID-19 vaccine mandates
While some universities in other states that hold federal contracts have mandated vaccines for all employees, many Texas universities, which collectively have billions in federal contracts, are still reviewing the executive order before it goes into effect Dec. 8.
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Higher Education
Enrollment at Texas’ public universities inches ahead of community colleges for the first time since 1990s
Preliminary data shows Texas college enrollment is down about 4% statewide since 2019, mostly due to an 11% drop in community college enrollment.
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Texas Legislature 2021
Texas state Sen. Kel Seliger, a Republican willing to buck his party leadership, will not seek reelection
Seliger has served in the Senate since 2005 and led the higher education committee. He was seen as a champion of public education and local control but was derided as too soft on social conservative issues near the end of his tenure.
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Economy
UT Rio Grande Valley to offer free tuition and fees to students with family income $100,000 or less
UTRGV’s decision to offer free tuition to more students comes after more students’ families lost jobs during the pandemic.
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Texas Legislature 2021
Five takeaways from Texas’ third special legislative session
Gov. Greg Abbott’s office says there’s no plan for a fourth special session at this time. If this was the final special session of the year, what did we learn from it?
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Texas Legislature 2021
Texas colleges and universities get more than $3 billion for campus construction projects under bill headed to Gov. Greg Abbott
Before ending the special session Tuesday, Texas lawmakers reached a deal to allocate roughly $3.3 billion to higher education institutions for capital projects. The price tag went up from the Senate’s original proposal.
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Texas Legislature 2021
Texas Senate approves $3 billion college campus construction bill
Lawmakers haven’t passed a tuition revenue bond bill since 2015.
