Higher Education

The Lubbock university’s student senate approved surveying students to gauge the impact of restrictions on what’s taught.

The rules have led to changes in course materials, prompted accusations of censorship and fueled pushback from faculty and students, including faculty departures, student protests and a federal lawsuit.

Writing laws to restrict DEI on campuses was just the start. Now as Texas Tech chancellor, Brandon Creighton wants to push the limits on what professors teach.

Former Lubbock city councilmember Randy Christian died over the weekend at 74 years old. It is Texas Free College Application Week, and our Charley Maranville reports that Texas Tech University is offering opportunities for prospective undergraduate and graduate students. Texas Residents can to apply to undergraduate programs at ApplyTexas.org. Those interested in TTU graduate programs can find more information here. Lubbock’s annual Pumpkin Trail will be opening this weekend, Friday through Sunday. Donations of carved or decorated pumpkins can be made at the Lubbock Memorial Arboretum tomorrow, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

A federal appeals court will consider whether restrictions on protests at Texas’ public universities and colleges violate constitutional rights.

Chancellor Brandon Creighton and Cody Campbell, who chairs Tech's Board of Regents, are identified by their official university titles on the invitation to the Sept. 29 fundraiser. Lubbock County Democrats are questioning whether their public positions — or university resources — were used to promote the event.

Intersections around Abilene Christian University have a new fixture: automated license plate readers.

More than 200 courses, including those on LGBTQ literature, cultural studies and climate change, will no longer count toward core degree requirements at 11 Texas A&M universities.

Texas Tech University started its first day of school on Monday, announcing a record-breaking enrollment of over 45,000 students. Our Charley Maranville reports that the number of first-year students has increased by more than 39% since 2024. A federal judge has once again struck down a Texas law aimed at restricting drag performances. The Texas Newsroom’s Lucio Vasquez says U.S. District Judge David Hittner found the law so broad and vague that it violates the First Amendment.

The Texas Tech University Veterinary School of Medicine welcomed its inaugural class on August 18, 2021. Now, five years later, the school’s first wave of veterinarians are already working to fill a shortage in Texas’ rural animal care.