/tags/texas-higher-education-coordinating-board Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board en-US Copyright Thu, 25 Jul 2024 17:00:00 GMT /education/2024-07-25/weatherford-college-bachelors-program-computer-science 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. Thu, 25 Jul 2024 17:00:00 GMT /education/2024-07-25/weatherford-college-bachelors-program-computer-science Bill Zeeble /news/2023-12-07/new-fafsa-applications-to-open-up-to-students-by-end-of-december 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. Thu, 07 Dec 2023 13:20:57 GMT /news/2023-12-07/new-fafsa-applications-to-open-up-to-students-by-end-of-december Atirikta Kumar /health-wellness/2022-11-14/state-leaders-wont-commit-to-specifics-about-how-much-they-might-invest-in-childrens-mental-health 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. Mon, 14 Nov 2022 18:04:09 GMT /health-wellness/2022-11-14/state-leaders-wont-commit-to-specifics-about-how-much-they-might-invest-in-childrens-mental-health Karen Brooks Harper | The Texas Tribune /2022-elections/2022-10-18/two-thirds-of-board-members-overseeing-texas-public-universities-are-abbott-donors High-money donors are concentrated on larger boards, including those of the University of Texas System and Texas A&M University System. Tue, 18 Oct 2022 15:55:00 GMT /2022-elections/2022-10-18/two-thirds-of-board-members-overseeing-texas-public-universities-are-abbott-donors Kate McGee | The Texas Tribune /government/2019-01-24/raymund-paredes-texas-higher-education-commissioner-will-step-down-aug-31 After 15 years in the post, Texas' commissioner for higher education, Raymund Paredes, announced Thursday that he will retire effective Aug. 31.He made… Thu, 24 Jan 2019 16:54:47 GMT /government/2019-01-24/raymund-paredes-texas-higher-education-commissioner-will-step-down-aug-31 Shannon Najmabadi | Texas Tribune /education/2017-08-22/some-texas-educators-worry-about-community-colleges-offering-four-year-degrees 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… Tue, 22 Aug 2017 13:44:19 GMT /education/2017-08-22/some-texas-educators-worry-about-community-colleges-offering-four-year-degrees Stella M. Chávez | The Texas Newsroom /2015-07-23/texas-gets-ambitious-wanting-twice-the-workers-with-college-degrees 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… Fri, 24 Jul 2015 00:26:21 GMT /2015-07-23/texas-gets-ambitious-wanting-twice-the-workers-with-college-degrees Bill Zeeble /education/2015-02-10/texas-a-m-commerce-expands-its-footprint-in-downtown-dallas 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… Tue, 10 Feb 2015 21:30:06 GMT /education/2015-02-10/texas-a-m-commerce-expands-its-footprint-in-downtown-dallas Stella M. Chávez | The Texas Newsroom /education/2014-02-11/most-eighth-graders-fail-to-get-degree-11-years-later 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… Tue, 11 Feb 2014 18:17:04 GMT /education/2014-02-11/most-eighth-graders-fail-to-get-degree-11-years-later Reeve Hamilton/The Texas Tribune