Students whose families make less than $65,000 a year will be able to attend the University of Texas flagship campus in Austin without having to worry about tuition
To make attending college more affordable for low-income students, the University of Texas System of Board of Regents voted unanimously Tuesday to create a $160 million endowment for financial assistance from the state's Permanent University Fund, according to a news release.The program will take effect in fall 2020.
"This will benefit students of our great state for years to come."The median household income in Texas in 2017 was $59,206, according to the US Census Bureau.Read MoreThe initiative will cover about 8,600 undergraduate students, according to the news release. The Austin campus, ranked No. 15 in public schools by the US News & World Report, has about 41,000 undergraduates.
México Últimas Noticias, México Titulares
Similar News:También puedes leer noticias similares a ésta que hemos recopilado de otras fuentes de noticias.
This Is What Congressional Democrats Witnessed at Border Patrol Stations in TexasThe delegation was there to investigate reports that detained immigrants were living in squalid conditions.
Leer más »
This Video Of A Swimming Tarantula In Texas Is Here to Ruin Your SummerThis video of a swimming tarantula in Texas is here to ruin your summer
Leer más »
Migrant children held in Texas facility need access to doctors, says attorney‘Inhumane’ conditions for detained children amount to ‘emergency public health crisis’, says attorney who visited centerOvercrowding at the US border patrol station in McAllen, Texas, on 10 June. The team who visited the center in Clint found children did not have adequate access to drinking water or
Leer más »
Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot dies aged 89DALLAS (AP) — H. Ross Perot (pur-OH'), the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who twice ran for president, has died. Family spokesman James Fuller says Perot died early Tuesday. He was...
Leer más »