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...
Between the 84th Legislature and the 85th, legislators will study issues that relate to the University of Texas—and so should you.
In Texas, the legislature convenes...
On Monday, the Texas Legislature ended its 84th regular session. After 140 days of committee meetings, testimony, debate, amendment, and occasionally, bill-passing,...
As the 2015 Texas Legislature sprints toward the finish line, bills allowing licensed gun owners to carry firearms on college campuses seem unlikely to pass. But...
Nearly two decades in, is the Top 10 Percent Law working?
In the late 1990s, the legal grounds were shifting beneath UT. The 1996 Hopwood v. Texas decision banned...
How does the University of Texas at Austin, and all other public four-year higher ed institutions in Texas, calculate state funding? It all comes down to a formula.
What...
Shortly after taking office in January, Gov. Greg Abbott, BBA ’81, Life Member, named three nominees for the UT System Board of Regents. The Texas Senate confirmed...
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...
Texas has one of the best student-loan programs in the country. So why can’t UT tell students about it?
The story behind Texas’ B-on-Time student loan program...
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...
