Texas higher education enrollment hit a record high this fall semester - passing pre-pandemic levels - with colleges and universities across the Gulf Coast helping drive the growth. More than 1.6 ...

Members of the Houston Community College Board of Trustees meet on June 18 to vote on the official name change to Houston City College. (Copyright 2025 by KPRC ...

College apps from first-generation students are up across Texas. College advisers in Tarrant County say they’ve seen the same ...

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John Spear Jr. had worked for more than 20 years in the transportation industry when he decided he wanted to change careers — a move that would require Houston Endowment recently distributed $5 ...

Houston Community College will be renamed Houston City College, representing a major shift as the 54-year-old institution works to expand its educational offerings with bachelor's degrees. The ...

Houston Community College is on track to receive a name change after a vote from trustees this week. After 54 years of service, the community college will be renamed Houston City College, a change ...

Texas residents will be able to apply for free to any public college or university in the state from Monday until Oct. 19 as part of the state’s first-ever “Free College Application Week.” Incoming ...

When you think of college towns in Texas, what comes to mind? A new study ranked only one city as the best in the U.S. and it might surprise you why the others didn’t make the cut. As part of ...

San Jacinto College, which has its central campus in Pasadena, is one of at least three Texas community colleges that have recently ordered thorough reviews of their academic offerings. Several ...

Some Texas community colleges have ordered thorough course reviews and put restrictions on what faculty can teach, with at least two schools pointing to state laws they believe apply to high schoolers ...