Media interest in higher education frequently shifted throughout the Texas Legislature’s 84th regular session, from reforms concerning campus carry to those on funding veterans’ education and reintroducing tuition limits. Yet in the end, almost none of the many reforms proposed for improving higher-education quality, affordability, or transparency lived to reach the governor’s desk. By far the most significant piece of higher-education legislation passed was HB 100, which would authorize $3.1 billion in tuition revenue bonds for campus construction projects.
Higher Education
Justice Thomas Explains the Crisis in Higher Ed
Justice Clarence Thomas, currently the longest serving member of the Supreme Court of the United States, took to the University of Texas at Austin stage this week to hail the principles that founded the U.S. and provide a stark warning about what must be done “if this nation is to endure.” “I think if we don’t stand...
April 17, 2026