Media Releases
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Governor Abbott Announces Over $5.8 Million For Texas Emergency And Trauma Care Workforce Training
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today announced twenty-four grants totaling more than $5.8 million to graduate medical and nursing schools to help train doctors and nurses in emergency and trauma care and expand the state’s healthcare workforce. “Texas doctors and nurses ensure patients have access to lifesaving care when it…
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Governor Abbott Extends Workforce Pell Grant Applications to Expand Texas’ Workforce
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today announced that Texas is extending the application period for the new federal Workforce Pell Grant program, giving more colleges and technical schools additional time to submit eligible short-term training programs. The extended window will expand access to affordable, short-term training that prepares Texans for…
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Governor Abbott Announces Over $4.7 Million In Workforce Development Grants
July 14, 2026 | Austin, Texas | Press Release AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today announced 15 grants totaling more than $4.7 million to Texas public community colleges and technical schools. The grants, administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), support educational programs that lead to in-demand, high-earning occupations.…
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Governor Abbott Announces $5.5 Million In Grants To Boost Primary Medical Care
AUSTIN — Governor Greg Abbott today announced three Statewide Preceptorship Program (SPP) grants totaling $5.5 million to professional medical societies in Texas. The grants support hands-on training for Texas medical students in family medicine, general internal medicine, and pediatrics, including pediatric subspecialties. “Texas families deserve quality primary care close to…
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THECB Grant Helps Address Critical Nursing Shortage in Texas
AUSTIN – Sam Houston State University’s School of Nursing School and four Houston-area hospitals have developed and are scaling up a unique and promising teaching model that could help ease the critical nursing shortage facing Texas. The program, Shared Nursing Academic Practice Partnership Initiative (SNAPPI), tackles the statewide nursing shortage…
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THECB Issues Cease and Desist Letter to Illegal TexAM Entity
AUSTIN – At the direction of Governor Abbott, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) today sent a letter (see full copy) demanding that an entity calling itself Texas American Muslim University at Dallas (TexAM) cease all operations. The entity claims it is an educational organization offering higher education courses and degrees…
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Governor Abbott, THECB Announce $17 Million In Grants To Support Workforce Education And Training Programs
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today announced that applications are opening for nearly $17 million in state grants to support new, redesigned, or expanded short-term workforce education and training programs geared toward high-demand occupations. “The success of our state stems from higher education institutions who educate and train the future…
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Three Schools Win Inaugural Awards for Helping Students Plan Career Paths
AUSTIN – The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) has awarded two Texas high schools and one middle school the My Texas Future School of Excellence award for their energetic efforts to help students plan their educational futures by using the state’s My Texas Future website to facilitate their advising. The winners of these awards, presented for the first time, are: …
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THECB Ombudsman Announces Ryan D. Walters as Deputy Director and General Counsel
Contact: communications@highered.texas.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUSTIN — The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Office of the Ombudsman announced today that Ryan D. Walters, who previously served as Texas Deputy Attorney General for Legal Strategy, has joined the office as Deputy Director and General Counsel. “Ryan is a distinguished lawyer and policy…
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Governor Abbott Announces $5 Million In Grants For Psychiatry Fellowships To Advance Mental Healthcare Education Across Texas
(From the Office of Governor Greg Abbott) March 23, 2026, Austin, Texas Governor Greg Abbott today announced $5 million in state grants for the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program, expanding support for mental healthcare across Texas. “Texas remains steadfast in increasing access to mental healthcare across our state,” said Governor Abbott.…