Higher Education

Trump tried to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program before. Since then, it’s been caught up in legal challenges and is likely headed for the Supreme Court.

The glitch kept the students from submitting the form on time, which put them last in line to receive aid this year.

Texas Public Radio’s Camille Phillips reports that in the wake of glitches and delays, significantly fewer high school grads filled out FAFSA this year compared to last year. Today also marks the beginning of Texas' Tax Free Weekend, when school supplies will be exempt from sales taxes.

Our reporter Bishop Van Buren has the details on this weekend's Christmas in July Sip & Shop at the YWCA meant to benefit a local non-profit collecting school supplies before the fall semester. And KERA’s Bill Zeeble reports the University of North Texas at Dallas is launching the region’s first teacher residency program that will pay residents up to $30,000 a year.

The complaint argues that the governor’s order is an illegal attempt to suppress a viewpoint critical of a foreign country — Israel.

Today is the last day for property owners to protest proposed property taxes in the state of Texas. To file a protest or find more information, visit lubbockcad.org. Forms can also be dropped off in-person to the appraisal district’s office at 2109 Ave. Q; mailed to P.O. Box 10542, Lubbock, TX 79408; or emailed to protests@lubbockcad.org. And Texas senators received an update yesterday on how public colleges and universities are complying with a state law banning DEI programs.

Nationally, educational institutions of every level are struggling to staff mental health counselors, and the entire state of Texas faces a shortage of care providers. With increased conversations about staffing, retention, demand, and budgeting for college mental health services, we took a look at what mental health resources are available to college students in the greater Lubbock area.

Around 100 demonstrators gathered on the Texas Tech campus Friday afternoon to make their voices heard on personal value and freedom of speech with outcries over violence in Palestine, calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.

With another big school in Texas leaving the Big 12 Athletic Conference, a decades-old issue is resurfacing. The multi-billion dollar Permanent University…

From The Texas Tribune: Texas colleges and universities will get an additional $2 billion in the latest round of federal coronavirus stimulus funding —…