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Texas’ health care workforce has increased 123% in 30 years. State officials say it isn’t enoughHealth care is the largest and fastest growing industry in Texas — but the workforce isn't growing fast enough to meet increasing demand. Workforce shortages are getting worse, according to testimony from state officials during a House Committee on Public Health hearing.
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Texas AG Ken Paxton sues 'TexAM' university, alleging illegal degree programs and deceptive brandingTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing a North Texas school operating as "TexAM," alleging it illegally offered degrees and misled students about ties to Texas A&M.
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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.
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Weatherford College has mostly been a two-year community college serving residents in five rural Texas counties. But next fall it plans on adding its fifth four-year program.
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The FAFSA Simplification Act was passed in 2022, and the new simplified version of the form will come with key changes to the student index calculation.
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As public debate intensifies over how the state will divvy up billions in new money, community groups that treat children for mental illness fear they’re not a priority.
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High-money donors are concentrated on larger boards, including those of the University of Texas System and Texas A&M University System.
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After 15 years in the post, Texas' commissioner for higher education, Raymund Paredes, announced Thursday that he will retire effective Aug. 31.He made…
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Earlier this summer, ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº reported on a new law that allows certain community colleges in Texas to offer four-year degrees in areas like nursing and early…
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Today, the state set some fairly ambitious goals today: it wants three of every five employed Texans to have college degrees within fifteen years. We’re…
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Downtown Dallas doesn’t have a full-fledged university – it has three of them, all based at the Universities Center at Dallas. The biggest by far is a…
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Among young Texans who started eighth grade in 2001, less than one-fifth went on to earn a higher education credential within six years of their high…