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Danya Pérez is a higher education reporter for the San Antonio Report. Email her at danya@sareport.org.

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Merged UT San Antonio rises in the ranks of top research institutions

By Danya Pérez, San Antonio ReportApril 26, 2026July 14, 2026

The university ranked among the top 2.3% of U.S. institutions to receive National Institutes of Health funding.

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OLLU to offer no-cost master’s program starting this fall

By Danya Pérez, San Antonio ReportApril 17, 2026April 21, 2026

University officials are opening 30 spots for qualifying students who want to start in any of these graduate programs this fall.

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Higher-ed political woes rock sleepy Alamo Colleges board race

By Danya Pérez, San Antonio Report and Andrea Drusch, San Antonio ReportApril 14, 2026April 21, 2026

An unusually fierce race for a position on the Alamo Colleges District Board is shaping up this May.

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San Antonio students increasingly rely on Pell Grants as Congress navigates funding shortfall

By Danya Pérez, San Antonio ReportApril 9, 2026April 10, 2026

At most colleges across the San Antonio-area, at least 50% of incoming undergraduate students qualify for Pell Grants.

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St. Mary’s University answers a decades-long call for a law program in the Rio Grande Valley

By Danya Pérez, San Antonio ReportApril 4, 2026April 10, 2026

A new partnership has secured a long-awaited Legal Education Hub in the Rio Grande Valley. 

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OLLU students explore culture, art and community roots while reviving 50-year-old mural

By Danya Pérez, San Antonio ReportMarch 31, 2026March 31, 2026

The Barrio Arts and Popular Culture class is part of OLLU’s Visual Arts Program where students explore their own roots and the community around them.

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Workforce Pell expansion inches forward, but student access may not come until 2027

By Danya Pérez, San Antonio ReportMarch 22, 2026March 26, 2026

Pending a final decision on which trainings and programs are considered high-demand and high-wage, Alamo College has started to identify potential programs that could meet the Workforce Pell requirements.

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Q&A: UT San Antonio professor balances puppetry with directing ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ premiere

By Danya Pérez, San Antonio ReportMarch 15, 2026March 17, 2026

The theatrical premiere of UT San Antonio’s new Dramatic Arts Program launches in April at the Buena Vista Theater.

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Texas A&M–San Antonio eyes new academic programs targeting local industry needs

By Danya Pérez, San Antonio ReportMarch 14, 2026March 17, 2026

The move is aimed to better connect the school’s student pipeline to local workforce needs.

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UTSA faculty warn dissolving race and gender department reflects ‘troubling’ UT System trend

By Danya Pérez, San Antonio ReportMarch 4, 2026March 6, 2026

Faculty are speaking out against the College of Education and Human Development’s plan to merge the Department of Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality Studies with its Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies.

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