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Texas Taps Artificial Intelligence to Expand Access for Low-Income and First-Generation Students
Oct. 29, 2020, Austin, Texas – High school students across the state of Texas have a new resource to guide them through the college application process, thanks to a public-private partnership announced today by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB). The new initiative will tap AdmitHub’s pioneering technology to enable students to access ADVi,…
THECB Seeks Applications From Texas Higher Ed Institutions for GEER-Funded Open Educational Resources Grants
Oct. 27, 2020, Austin, Texas – The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board today announced a request for applications (RFA) for the Open Educational Resources (OER) Course Development and Implementation Grant Program, supported by a portion of the $175 million allocations to the THECB from the Governor’s Emergency Educational Relief (GEER) Fund. The competitive grant program…
THECB Releases 10th Annual Texas Public Higher Education Almanac
Sept. 28, 2020, Austin, Texas – The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) launched its 10th annual Texas Public Higher Education Almanac today as part of the agency’s ongoing commitment to provide increasingly useful and actionable information and insight through its rich data resources. The includes national, statewide, and institution-specific data in several key areas,…
THECB Retains Clearinghouse’s Student Tracker Premium Data Services
Sept. 22, 2020, Austin, Texas – As part of an ongoing commitment to provide increasingly useful and actionable information and insight, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board announced today that the agency has retained Student Tracker Premium data services from the National Student Clearinghouse (Clearinghouse) for summer 2020 through summer 2022. “As an enhancement to…
THECB and Texas Higher Education Foundation Award $125,000 in Student Emergency Aid Grants to Texas Community Colleges
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…
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Launches Open Educational Resources Repository
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)…
