#texashighereducation — Public Fediverse posts

Facing growing political pressure, Texas A&M University President Mark A. Welsh III announced that the dean and department head overseeing a children’s literature course at the center of a viral recording were going to be removed.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/09/09/530392/video-of-clash-over-gender-identity-content-in-texas-am-childrens-lit-class-leads-to-firings/

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A national free speech group is suing to block a new Texas law limiting on-campus protests.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/09/04/530037/texas-students-sue-to-stop-new-law-restricting-campus-speech/

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State Sen. Brandon Creighton, the architect of major higher education reforms that banned diversity programs, limited faculty influence and tightened rules on campus protests, is poised to become chancellor of the Texas Tech University System.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/09/02/529819/state-sen-brandon-creighton-of-conroe-expected-to-be-sole-finalist-for-texas-tech-chancellor/

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State Sen. Brandon Creighton, the architect of major higher education reforms that banned diversity programs, limited faculty influence and tightened rules on campus protests, is poised to become chancellor of the Texas Tech University System.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/09/02/529819/state-sen-brandon-creighton-of-conroe-expected-to-be-sole-finalist-for-texas-tech-chancellor/

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State Sen. Brandon Creighton, the architect of major higher education reforms that banned diversity programs, limited faculty influence and tightened rules on campus protests, is poised to become chancellor of the Texas Tech University System.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/09/02/529819/state-sen-brandon-creighton-of-conroe-expected-to-be-sole-finalist-for-texas-tech-chancellor/

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State Sen. Brandon Creighton, the architect of major higher education reforms that banned diversity programs, limited faculty influence and tightened rules on campus protests, is poised to become chancellor of the Texas Tech University System.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/09/02/529819/state-sen-brandon-creighton-of-conroe-expected-to-be-sole-finalist-for-texas-tech-chancellor/

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State Sen. Brandon Creighton, the architect of major higher education reforms that banned diversity programs, limited faculty influence and tightened rules on campus protests, is poised to become chancellor of the Texas Tech University System.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/09/02/529819/state-sen-brandon-creighton-of-conroe-expected-to-be-sole-finalist-for-texas-tech-chancellor/

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With the recent launch of the revamped federal application to receive aid for college, financial aid counselors are urging college hopefuls in Texas to fill out the form as soon as possible to up the odds of getting more money.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2024/02/06/476574/heres-what-texans-need-to-know-about-the-new-fafsa-to-get-aid-for-college/

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