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datetime="Wed, 27 Nov 2024 05:00:00 -0600" title="2024-11-27 05:00 CST"> Nov. 27, 2024 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Black and Hispanic high schoolers who have to drive more than 30 minutes to a community college are less likely to pursue a degree, the report found. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2024/11/27/texas-community-college-deserts/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/2024/11/27/texas-community-college-deserts/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/YM5Nytq8bHyvwMp-SvDmugKh1h0=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/b8c7e16d8c506a03e73d6b9f3f541d89/14_ACC_Riverside_Community_College_MG.jpg" 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Programs like these prepare students to find jobs and help lower recidivism. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2024/11/26/texas-prison-reentry-classes-lee-college-huntsville/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/2024/11/26/texas-prison-reentry-classes-lee-college-huntsville/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/HsaTtbWNt6_hHWPwfyVXgiLxWug=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/79a9023499e86818269f9e8c4de5ee54/1028%20Prison%20Reentry%20CO%2014%20TT.jpg" alt="Women who are incarcerated participate in a Lee College course that focuses on reentry at Lucile Plane State Jail in Dayton, Texas, US, on Monday October 28, 2024." class="c-image__img 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xlink:href="#camera"></use></svg></span> Callaghan O'Hare for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h3 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg t-wrap-balance js-balance"><a href="/2024/10/25/dual-credit-texas-kilgore-college/">How a boom in East Texas high schoolers taking college classes is transforming Kilgore College</a></h3>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> By <a href="/about/staff/sneha-dey/">Sneha Dey</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Fri, 25 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0500" title="2024-10-25 05:00 CDT"> Oct. 25, 2024 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">High school students that are getting a jump on college through dual credit now make up the majority of students at one East Texas community college. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2024/10/25/dual-credit-texas-kilgore-college/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/2024/10/25/dual-credit-texas-kilgore-college/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/leB8M2DRfQEWE7mynJ3KgR_g52s=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/00dbb7422a33161af099d9d2c9a73d16/1017%20%20Kilgore%20Dual%20Credit%20MC%2035.jpg" alt="Sabine High School students during a Kilgore College dual credit federal government class, on Thursday October 15, 2024, at Sabine High School in Liberty City." 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xlink:href="#camera"></use></svg></span> Michael Cavazos for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h3 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg t-wrap-balance js-balance"><a href="/2024/10/16/texas-dual-enrollment-high-school-community-college/">Nearly half of Texas high school students who earn college credits are Hispanic, study says</a></h3>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> By <a href="/about/staff/sneha-dey/">Sneha Dey</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Wed, 16 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0500" title="2024-10-16 05:00 CDT"> Oct. 16, 2024 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Despite the 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href="/2024/10/07/fafsa-immigrant-students-texas-grant/">Texas students with immigrant parents lost out on college aid because of FAFSA glitch</a></h3>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> By <a href="/about/staff/sneha-dey/">Sneha Dey</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Mon, 07 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0500" title="2024-10-07 05:00 CDT"> Oct. 7, 2024 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">The glitch kept the students from submitting the form on time, which put them last in line to receive aid this year. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2024/10/07/fafsa-immigrant-students-texas-grant/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure 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Allen Library on Texas State University in San Marcos on Jan. 31, 2018." class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#camera"></use></svg></span> Laura Skelding for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h3 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg t-wrap-balance js-balance"><a href="/2024/09/23/texas-schools-accountability-ratings-lawsuit-split/">Latest effort to block school ratings cracks Texas districts’ once-united front</a></h3>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> By <a href="/about/staff/sneha-dey/">Sneha Dey</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Mon, 23 Sep 2024 05:00:00 -0500" title="2024-09-23 05:00 CDT"> Sept. 23, 2024 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Dozens of districts sued Texas saying the ratings painted an unfair picture of their schools. Others voluntarily have released their own. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2024/09/23/texas-schools-accountability-ratings-lawsuit-split/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/2024/09/23/texas-schools-accountability-ratings-lawsuit-split/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/fLsrsQfyajc0xE-ee1RByhHDJ_c=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/353c01141d9b3a9c9393e4d99ab7701d/Mata%20Intermediate%20School%20PYH%20TT.jpg" alt="Students leave the classroom to work in the computer lab at Mata Intermediate School." class="c-image__img l-width-full l-display-block did-load"> </noscript> <picture> <source 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data-src="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/fLsrsQfyajc0xE-ee1RByhHDJ_c=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/353c01141d9b3a9c9393e4d99ab7701d/Mata%20Intermediate%20School%20PYH%20TT.jpg" alt="Students leave the classroom to work in the computer lab at Mata Intermediate School." class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#camera"></use></svg></span> Pu Ying Huang for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h3 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg t-wrap-balance js-balance"><a href="/2024/09/16/ut-austin-top-five-percent-threshold/">UT-Austin tightens automatic admission threshold to 5% of Texas’ top high schoolers</a></h3>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> By <a href="/about/staff/sneha-dey/">Sneha Dey</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Mon, 16 Sep 2024 18:09:34 -0500" title="2024-09-16 18:09 CDT"> Sept. 16, 2024 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">The current threshold is 6%. 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href="/2024/08/22/fafsa-delays-texas-college-enrollment/">College costs weigh heavily on Texas students as they wait on late financial aid offers</a></h3>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> By <a href="/about/staff/sneha-dey/">Sneha Dey</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Thu, 22 Aug 2024 05:00:00 -0500" title="2024-08-22 05:00 CDT"> Aug. 22, 2024 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Delays in the new FAFSA led students to take out debt, enroll in community college over their top-choice universities or opt out of going to college. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2024/08/22/fafsa-delays-texas-college-enrollment/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use 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class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#camera"></use></svg></span> Ishika Samant for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h3 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg t-wrap-balance js-balance"><a href="/2024/08/12/texas-school-accountability-ratings-lawsuit/">Judge blocks Texas from releasing this year’s school accountability ratings</a></h3>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> By <a href="/about/staff/sneha-dey/">Sneha Dey</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Mon, 12 Aug 2024 19:11:00 -0500" title="2024-08-12 19:11 CDT"> Updated: Aug. 12, 2024 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">The ruling marks the fifth consecutive year Texas families have not received a full picture of their schools’ ratings, which are used to determine how they are performing. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2024/08/12/texas-school-accountability-ratings-lawsuit/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/2024/08/12/texas-school-accountability-ratings-lawsuit/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img 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t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#camera"></use></svg></span> Justin Hamel for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h3 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg t-wrap-balance js-balance"><a href="/2024/07/26/dallas-north-texas-transfer-college-students/">North Texas colleges want to make transferring between schools easier, saving students time and money</a></h3>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> By <a href="/about/staff/sneha-dey/">Sneha Dey</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Fri, 26 Jul 2024 13:00:45 -0500" title="2024-07-26 13:00 CDT"> July 26, 2024 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Thousands of Texas transfer students each year don’t get credit for some community college courses. The partnership seeks to address that. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2024/07/26/dallas-north-texas-transfer-college-students/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/2024/07/26/dallas-north-texas-transfer-college-students/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/JXPHQ_2Un0Eo8A6G-HdZ9fOLpkk=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/129a95cfd0a148891affc7081e7bf22d/TWU%20Campus%20ST%20TT%2008.jpg" alt="Students walk the Texas Women’s University campus in Denton, Texas, on February 24, 2022." class="c-image__img l-width-full l-display-block did-load"> </noscript> <picture> <source 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