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When Glenn Hegar was first admitted to Texas A&M University as a teenager, he decided not to go. The College Station school felt like too big a leap from his small, rural hometown of Hockley. A ...

Texas A&M University System regents on Friday named former state lawmaker Tommy Williams to serve as interim president of the flagship university. “Former state lawmaker Tommy Williams named interim ...

The move comes after the Texas A&M system's similar set of rules were put in place, following a controversy that ended in demotions, a firing and a resignation.

In the last year, West Texas A&M University has spent $1,192,174.44—which represents $128.79 per WT student—to maintain ...

Full funding is available for MFA students; MS students have scholarship and assistantship opportunities. The priority ...

The announcement follows the passage of Senate Bill 2361, signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott, which transfers all governance, assets, and oversight of the Victoria campus from the University of ...

The Texas A&M University system’s board voted unanimously Thursday to ban courses that advocate for “race or gender ideology, or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity,” unless ...

Mark Welsh III’s two-year tenure as president of Texas A&M University was marked with political controversies.

New Chancellor Brandon Creighton is now charged with implementing a law that he wrote, reshaping how universities are governed.

Texas universities are responding to Senate Bill 8, also known as the Texas Women’s Privacy Act and dubbed the “bathroom bill,” which aims to restrict transgender people’s access to certain restrooms.