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Texas colleges and universities were expecting nearly $60 million in grants for Hispanic-Serving Institutions by the end of this month until the U.S. Department of Education abruptly announced it would not distribute them.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/09/26/531983/texas-colleges-slated-to-lose-nearly-60m-in-grants-for-hispanic-serving-institutions/

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The Texas Dream Act extended in-state tuition at public colleges and universities to students without legal status. The Justice Department sued Texas, calling the law unconstitutional. Texas' attorney general, and a federal judge, agreed.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2025/07/01/525277/civil-rights-groups-sue-to-restore-texas-dream-act-after-federal-judge-blocks-it/

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Texas is asking public colleges and universities to identify which of their students are living in the country without legal status so they can start paying out-of-state tuition, as required by a court ruling earlier this month.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2025/06/24/524752/texas-directs-public-universities-to-identify-undocumented-students/

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Texas Republican lawmakers continued their carrot-and-stick approach to higher education during this year’s legislative session, pressuring public universities into abandoning what they view as progressive policies.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/06/20/524548/once-again-targeting-higher-ed-texas-lawmakers-limited-faculty-influence-campus-speech-this-session/

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A group of undocumented students in Texas asked a judge to let them intervene in a case that revoked their access to in-state tuition, the first step in their ultimate goal of overturning the ruling.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/06/12/523880/undocumented-students-ask-judge-to-let-them-challenge-sudden-loss-of-in-state-tuition/

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Colleges in the Houston area and across Texas are bracing for the fallout, and uncertainty, of a court decision that could price thousands of students without legal status out of higher education.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/06/06/523362/texas-colleges-face-uncertainty-after-ruling-ends-in-state-tuition-for-students-without-legal-status/

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