Higher Education

Federal funding cuts and international student enrollment drops are contributing to the university’s budget concerns.

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board office of the Ombudsman has opened a new website where people can report alleged violations of state law in colleges and universities.

The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday finalized a tentative opinion issued in September that no longer requires soon-to-be lawyers to attend a law school accredited by the American Bar Association. The power to approve those law schools now rests with the state's highest civil court.

Following the Dec. 1 memorandum from Texas Tech University System Chancellor Brandon Creighton, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression sent letters to each of the five presidents within the Tech system, calling upon them not to restrict academic freedom or classroom instruction based on viewpoint.

The Collin County program only accepts "open-minded" first-time offenders with an eligible case and an attorney. Court records show 12 have been accepted and two more have pending applications.

Neal Brown handed North Texas one of its most bitter losses in recent program history. Now the former West Virginia and Troy coach is headed to Denton to take over UNT’s football program following the departure of Eric Morris.

The UNT Dallas campus in southern Dallas has a new addition: a 120,200-square-foot STEM building. The university said the new space, along with new programs and partnerships with UNT Health in Fort Worth, will expand capacity to train students in the health care and science workforce pipeline. The goal is to address workforce shortages in Dallas and beyond.

Texas Tech University System Chancellor Brandon Creighton has released the system’s standards for discussing race and gender in the classroom.

Tarrant County College officials did not detail Shelley Pearson’s departure.

Projected spending by international students in the U.S. is projected to drop $1.1 billion this fall compared to last year, a new report shows. That’s after a 17% decline in international student enrollments due, in part, to recent federal policy changes

The Select Committees on Civil Discourse and Freedom of Speech in Higher Education were formed days after Kirk’s assassination on a Utah college campus. Members assembled Thursday in Austin for their first meeting to assess state free speech laws.

The new race and gender policy has garnered condemnation from educational rights advocates, including the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, which sent a letter to the board of regents earlier this week arguing that the policy amounted to censorship.