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For more than two decades, the Texas Dream Act allowed certain students without legal status to qualify for in-state tuition. The law was abruptly overturned last year.

Faculty groups say the Texas Tech University System's new curriculum policies are unconstitutional and unlawfully restrict classroom instruction on race, gender identity and sexual orientation. But university leaders have called the changes “common sense.”

Tens of thousands of students without legal status will now face steep tuition hikes. Immigration advocates expect the ruling will be challenged in court.

An anonymous column in The Mercury alleges students arrested at an encampment in May are facing a type of suspension and may have their degrees denied until December.

State Rep. Carrie Isaac filed legislation in February that would ban counties from putting voting centers on college campuses. Students and voting rights groups say it will disenfranchise young people.

Schools, though, struggled to find students who qualified. College leaders blame strict requirements initially handed down by the state. “It was like we were on a hunt for a unicorn,” one spokesperson said.

The chancellor instructed universities and agencies in the system to dissolve all agreements, especially those related to academics, research and intellectual property.

Students, professors and staff at some universities in North Texas are going back to campus for in-person instruction for the first time since the start of the pandemic. COVID policies and protocols vary across the region.

Responding to at least 10 hazing-related deaths at Texas universities since 2000, state lawmakers passed a bill last year to crack down on hazing. The…