Media Releases

Sept. 3, 2020, Austin, Texas – Today the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Texas Higher Education Foundation announced the award of $125,000 in student emergency aid grants to five Texas community colleges. Thanks to funding byThe Kresge Foundation, Houston Community College, Dallas Colleges, Alamo Colleges, Tarrant County Community College District, and El Paso…

Aug. 27, 2020, Austin, Texas – On Sept. 1 the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board will launch OERTX, the state’s digital repository of open educational resources (OER) for Texas students and educational institutions. OERTX is provided through a partnership between the Coordinating Board and the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME)…

May 18, 2020, Austin, Texas –The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Texas Higher Education Foundation, Greater Texas Foundation, and Trellis Foundation announced that the Texas Emergency Aid Grant Program, launched three weeks ago, has awarded 57 grants to Texas higher education institutions. These include 29 community colleges, 16 public universities, and 12 independent, non-profit Texas institutions. The…

April 29, 2020, Austin, Texas – Today the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board announces the upcoming September launch of a new loan repayment program benefitting recently appointed peace officers who have student loan debt. Many law enforcement agencies have difficulty filling vacant positions. In June 2019, Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law SB 16 (86th…

April 28, 2020, Austin, Texas–The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), creators of the Generation Texas movement, announced that GenerationTX Decision Day is May 1. GenTX Decision Day is a culmination of the efforts across the state to support all students, especially high school seniors, in getting to and through college. This year, GenTXwill promotes…

April 27, 2020, Austin, Texas – Today the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Greater Texas Foundation, and Trellis Foundation launched the collaborative Texas Emergency Aid Grant Program to support students across Texas public, private, and non-profit higher education institutions during the COVID-19 crisis. The goal of this public-private partnership is to raise up to $2…

Jan. 23, 2020, Austin, Texas –Today, Commissioner of Higher Education Harrison Keller announced the appointment of a new senior leadership team designed to advance the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s ambitious goals for postsecondary education. “Achieving a bold vision for Texas higher education requires the agency to work in close partnership with colleges and universities,…

Nov. 22, 2019, Austin, Texas – Today at its annual Leadership Conference luncheon, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (Coordinating Board) presented the 2019 Star Awards to Austin Community College, El Centro College/Garland ISD/Garland Fire Department, and The University of Texas at San Antonio. “The Coordinating Board is proud to recognize three Texas public higher…

Aug. 28, 2019, Austin, Texas – The Coordinating Board has announced the names of seven finalists for the 2019 Star Awards for exceptional contributions toward meeting one or more of the goals of the Texas higher education plan, 60x30TX. The Coordinating Board received 45 nominations and 37 applications for this year’s Star Award program. This…

Austin, Texas, May 14, 2019 — The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) launched its ninth annual Texas Public Higher Education Almanac today as part of the agency’s efforts to promote transparency and accountability among Texas public institutions of higher education. The 2019 Almanac provides higher education facts and performance data that allow users to…