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Higher Education
Coverage of universities, colleges, student issues, and education policy shaping Texas’ campuses, from The Texas Tribune.
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Texas Legislature 2019
Texas community colleges warn they may consider tuition hikes in the face of property tax reform
Property taxes are one of three main sources of revenue for community colleges. If growth in those taxes is limited, the colleges say they may have to look elsewhere for revenue.
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Higher Education
Texas A&M asks lawmakers for $55 million in “equity” funds, citing UT’s budget
The gap between Texas A&M’s and UT-Austin’s per-student funding has increased over the last five years, due in part to growing enrollment at the College Station campus.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he’s willing to work to revive the UT, A&M football game
The Texas governor made the declaration during his annual State of the State address.
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Texas Legislature 2019
Fall behind on your student loans? You could lose your license to work. Texas lawmakers want to change that.
Members of both parties have filed bills ending the practice of revoking occupational licenses for people behind on their student loans.
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Higher Education
In Texas, university regents are less diverse than their schools’ students
Gov. Greg Abbott’s office says it has made strides with his appointments, but political scientists and lawmakers say age and finances can play a role in the discrepancy.
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Higher Education
Raymund Paredes, Texas’ higher education commissioner, will step down Aug. 31
Paredes has served since 2004 as commissioner at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
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Higher Education
For three Texas universities, firing their football coaches in 2018 could cost almost $7 million combined
Each of the eight public schools that play top-level college football in the state have made a payment to a departing coach since 2015.
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Layoffs start at the UT System administration, with more expected in the months ahead
Sixty-five positions are being cut this week. The reductions could go further than the 110 number originally anticipated.
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Higher Education
With strategic timing and some extra money, UT-Austin hopes it can encourage more low-income students to enroll
In the last six years, the number of needy students at UT-Austin — as measured by those who receive the federal Pell Grant — has decreased from 28 percent to 24 percent.
