State Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, outlined two bills at the Senate Committee on Higher Education meeting Wednesday that seek to improve the credit transfer process.
During South by Southwest, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao announced the creation of the Non-Traditional and Emerging Transportation Technology Council to identify and determine regulations for bringing the hyperloop to commercialization.
In a statement to The Daily Texan, UT President Greg Fenves said the University’s decision was based on state law and condemned the boycott for singling out Israel.
Federal education investigators told the eight universities in a letter Monday they would examine whether they violated any laws or rules that govern federal student financial aid programs.
A committee of higher education leaders and faculty from across the U.S. released a list of recommendations to the Department of Education March 13, enumerating ways to help students enroll in, pay for and graduate from college.
Young Conservatives of Texas chairman Saurabh Sharma was one of the students present at the White House on Thursday when President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at protecting free speech on college campuses.
House Bill 1482 revamps the state's current anti-hazing statute by expanding the definition of hazing to include forcing others to consume an alcoholic beverage and creates immunity from civil liability for reporting an act of hazing.
A proposed Texas bill would prohibit the Department of State Health Services from recording the number of individuals claiming a vaccine exemption in public schools.
Because the laws in this country are supposed to reflect the consensus of the people, the Texas Capitol keeps its doors open to the public so state legislators can hear the grievances of their constituents.
