Who pays for higher education in Texas?
Paying for college. The thought can strike fear into your financial planning as acutely as other heart-stopping expenses—I’m...
Most Texans believe student loan debt is a “major problem” according to a statewide poll released Tuesday. The poll, commissioned by the Texas arm of...
The real story behind UT’s tuition increase
If you were to believe the sound bites about tuition at public institutions in Texas, it would be easy to assume higher...
On Monday, the Texas Legislature ended its 84th regular session. After 140 days of committee meetings, testimony, debate, amendment, and occasionally, bill-passing,...
The Governor of Texas has endorsed it, as have powerful members of the legislature from both parties. Universities have, over time, come to endorse it, too. And...
On the occasion of Texas Independence Day, Alcalde assistant editor and erstwhile reluctant Longhorn Andrew Roush, BA ’09, reflects on what makes our state great.
I’ll...
A State of the State address, like the better-known State of the Union, is a commonplace civic ritual. Like its federal counterpart, the address is ostensibly used...
On Jan. 20, Greg Abbott will take office as the Governor of Texas. Here’s what he’s said so far—and what others have said—about his agenda for higher...
Texas history was my favorite class in middle school, and possibly of all time. (Sorry, band, you were a distant second). Thank you, Mrs. Cheshire, for telling...
The nonprofit Texas Tribune‘s annual festival has quickly become the biggest gathering of policy-minded Texans outside of the legislature. Here’s what...
