Sneha Dey

Black and Hispanic high schoolers who have to drive more than 30 minutes to a community college are less likely to pursue a degree, the report found.

More than 250 Texas prisoners are on the waitlist to join the Lee College reentry class. Programs like these prepare students to find jobs and help lower recidivism.

High school students that are getting a jump on college through dual credit now make up the majority of students at one East Texas community college.

Despite the group’s strong participation, Hispanic students graduate college at a lower rate than peers in the program, according to a report.

The glitch kept the students from submitting the form on time, which put them last in line to receive aid this year.

Dozens of districts sued Texas saying the ratings painted an unfair picture of their schools. Others voluntarily have released their own.

The current threshold is 6%. The change comes after the university received a record-breaking 73,000 undergraduate applications for this fall.

Delays in the new FAFSA led students to take out debt, enroll in community college over their top-choice universities or opt out of going to college.

The ruling marks the fifth consecutive year Texas families have not received a full picture of their schools’ ratings, which are used to determine how they are performing.

Thousands of Texas transfer students each year don’t get credit for some community college courses. The partnership seeks to address that.