Higher Education

The fallout from the ouster of Tarrant County College chancellor expanded April 18 with the filing of a lawsuit by the former executive director of communications.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said he’ll make legislation eliminating tenure at state universities – as a way to ban the teaching of critical race theory – a top priority for the 88th Texas Legislature.

Enrollment in two-year colleges has dropped nationwide by about 750,000 students. But degree programs in construction trades are booming.

According to the Texas Department of Transportation, one person in Texas dies every eight hours and 31 minutes in a DUI-alcohol related traffic crash. They say spring break can be an especially dangerous and deadly time on Texas roadways.

History professor Michael Phillips is now the third teacher in the past year to sue Collin College. Like the other two whose contracts were not renewed, he says the college routinely violates faculty free speech rights. The college disagrees.

Patrick said a recent resolution adopted by faculty at UT Austin about its academic freedom is another signal the “woke left” has gone too far.

The school refutes the allegation from a professor, now the fourth professor dismissed from the school after accusing it of lax COVID-19 safety policies during the pandemic.

A federal lawsuit accuses Rice University of engaging in price-fixing in collaboration with other prestigious private schools across the country, inflating the cost of college for students who need aid.

The study analyzed the written free expression policies of close to 500 colleges and universities. Three Texas schools were ranked harshly and given “red light” status for restrictive speech policies, while most Texas schools earned a “yellow light” rating, which is average.

The two-year community college system is the first in the state to offer a four-year bachelor's program. Its goal is to graduate more teachers to work in North Texas schools.

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.

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.