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Five ways a funding overhaul has transformed Texas community colleges

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Jennifer Waldron, a continuing education instructor at Austin Community College, shows students where to put electrodes when doing an EKG at ACC’s Leander campus on Oct. 4. The students were participating in a health care apprenticeship program for Baylor Scott & White employees. Credit: Jack Myer for The Texas Tribune By Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune Community colleges in 2023 celebrated a long-awaited investment from the Texas Legislature, posi…

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Funding overhaul transforms Texas community colleges

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Five ways a funding overhaul has transformed Texas community colleges

More than a year after Texas’ House Bill 8 took effect, some schools have offered free tuition, grown dual credit programs or helped students’ credits transfer when they move on to four-year schools.

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Learning Curve: Texas students entering college with record-high number of credits

Texas high school students are earning more college credits than ever before, saving them time and money on a path to an associate or bachelor’s degree.Students in Texas public schools combined to score roughly 2.5 million college credit hours in 2023-24, as schools across the state continue to add dual credit, Advanced Placement and other advanced courses. The rise in college credit attainment comes as school districts improve their rates of co…

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