More oversight of state colleges, rollback of faculty influence clears Texas Senate

Texas Senate approves bill that could reshape how history and race are taught in state universities

Texas senators voted 20-11 on Wednesday to approve a bill that would drastically limit how the state's public universities teach their students about history, race and inequality.

Reforms for Public University Governance Pass Texas Senate

The legislation ends the “shared governance” model between faculty senates and boards of regents. The post Reforms for Public University Governance Pass Texas Senate appeared first on Texas Scorecard.

Texas Must Embrace Accreditation Reform: Why HB 1705 Matters — Minding The Campus

Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on The College Fix on April 10, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. Texas stands at a crossroads with two companion bills winding their way through the Lone Star Statehouse that aim to reform accreditation by […] The post Texas Must Embrace Accreditation Reform: Why HB 1705 Matters appeared first on Minding The Cam…

More oversight of state colleges, rollback of faculty influence clears Texas Senate

An effort to give politically-connected appointees more control over state universities — including over what’s taught and how schools are following laws —...

Texas Senate passes numerous bills

The Texas Senate passed several pieces of legislation concerning youth vaping, cell phones in classes, reforming university senates, abortion travel, and wildfire safety. SB 1313 Curbing Youth Vaping The Texas Senate passed three bills intended to make it harder for companies to encourage kids to buy and use these products.