The Texas Tribune

More Texas universities are turning to politicians to lead their systems, preferring political clout over academic credentials.

The state isn’t providing schools with guidance and advocates say students who still qualify for lower rates are being asked to pay thousands more.

Officials with Texas A&M, State University System of Florida, University System of Georgia, University of Tennessee System, University of North Carolina System and University of South Carolina System will create a new agency to accredit them. They are calling the new body the Commission for Public Higher Education.

Thousands of undocumented students who grew up in Texas now face college tuition costs that are more than twice what other state residents pay.

Proposed legislation would prohibit universities from offering certificates, degrees or courses in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer studies or DEI. Employees found to be teaching these subjects could be fired and have their name added to a do-not-hire list.

University professors across the political spectrum in Texas are preemptively self-censoring themselves for fear of damaging their reputations or losing their jobs, according to a new survey from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a First Amendment advocacy group.

Short-term certificates have become a popular way for students and workers to quickly learn skills that can lead to better wages, but they don't always lead to better earnings or higher degrees.

College Station, Texas will enforce an occupancy ordinance that prohibits more than four unrelated people from renting a single-family unit together—and students in some housing arrangements will be liable to fines similar to parking tickets.

In response to the continued conflict in Israel and Palestine, student demonstrations in solidarity with people in Palestine have drawn scrutiny across the country...