Over the past quarter-century, average college tuition prices nationwide have jumped 440 percent; this rate of increase is nearly four times that of the C.P.I. over the same period. To attempt to pay for these historic increases, students and their parents have amassed historic debt– at roughly $1.3 trillion, student loan debt now exceeds even total national credit-card debt for the first time in our nation’s history. Additionally, almost half of those who enroll in college fail to graduate and of those who do graduate, 36 percent show little to no increase in the critical thinking and writing skills that a degree is supposed to signify.
Higher Education
Safe Schools and Fair Standards
Safe Schools and Fair Standards Key points: Texas’s higher education code is not aligned with Supreme Court precedent on the correct standards for defining harassment. Texas statute does not define what makes conduct “severe,” “persistent,” or “pervasive.” The existing legal framework should remain intact but needs updated definitions that protect both free speech and students...
September 28, 2026