Students from the University of Texas at Arlington celebrate in fall 2024 when Tarrant County Commissioners voted to keep the campus polling site. (Photo courtesy of Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

Texas House Bill 3144 could shut down campus polling sites

By Zahra Ahmad, Staff Writer
Published May 1, 2025

An effort to prohibit voting on public school and higher education campuses unless they are completely closed during voting appears to be failing, but critics still see it as an attempt to make it harder for college students to vote.

Dispatches

How distance learning affects student success

By Kai Grady

Published Apr 2, 2020

A park bench is cordoned off Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in Houston. A stay-at-home order was issued Tuesday for Houston and Harris County residents to help fight the spread of COVID-19. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Distance learning at TCU has proven effective thus far, but the reliance on self-accountability and the lack of on-campus interaction may become problematic for students as the semester continues.

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