Texas community colleges expect the Legislature to support funding and policy goals tied to House Bill 8, including an enhanced tracking system to learn if graduates get jobs in their fields of study.
Daniel Perez
El Paso Matters
Higher education reporter for El Paso Matters in partnership with Open Campus.
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EPCC’s pan dulce course combines culture, cuisine, creativity
The El Paso Community College Culinary Arts Program teaches students to make favorite holiday foods including pan dulce, or Mexican sweet bread.
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UTEP engineering leaders depart in wake of NSF grant suspension
Jack Chessa has stepped down as chair of the University of Texas at El Paso’s Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering – the latest move tied to UTEP’s actions after the National Science Foundation announced its suspension of a major grant in May. Chessa, who had been chair since 2018, announced his decision Nov. 6. In an […]
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Texas Western College’s last mining engineering graduate loved career thrills, risks
Vernon Kramer, 84, is considered the last person to earn a mining engineering degree in 1966 from Texas Western College.
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UTEP library celebrates 40 years serving student needs
Like many students at the University of Texas at El Paso, Emily Gonzalez knew that the campus library existed, but did not fully comprehend all the resources that made it an academic Swiss Army Knife. Gonzalez, a senior microbiology major, said that she initially only used the University Library to study and do homework. As […]
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Days after $160 million grant announcement, project leaders feared UTEP planned to oust them
Leaders of a National Science Foundation-funded project felt threatened by university oversight of their work, emails show.
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‘Bringing awareness’: El Paso Community College pitches college to low-income Texans
The community college hosted a recruitment event earlier this month at a low-income housing community in El Paso, and plans to do more.
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White House canceled ‘party’ for NSF grant in El Paso amid UTEP concerns
University of Texas at El Paso leaders were dismissive of plans for a celebratory launch party by the White House meant to recognize the school and its partners for being awarded several significant grants, including a major National Science Foundation grant, El Paso’s congresswoman said. They cited concerns that it would appear political in an election year, […]
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EPCC initiative engages young adult voters, offers election poll work experience
There are many reasons that young adults in El Paso County do not vote, but a program piloted by El Paso Community College will try to improve the situation through peer communication to include having students serve as paid nonpartisan poll workers at election sites. The college launched its Tejano Pollworker Fellows program this spring semester. Its […]
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Delayed financial aid forms trickle into UTEP, higher ed campuses
The information that colleges and universities need to prepare financial aid offers for the millions of students who want to attend those institutions started to arrive at the campuses two weeks ago – about three months behind schedule. The reasons for the delay include the shaky launch of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, […]