Universities that want to hike tuition would have to meet a series of accountability benchmarks under a bill approved by the Senate Thursday, April 30. Since the Legislature voted to deregulate tuition in 2003, tuition has more than doubled according to data collected by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Senate Higher Education Committee Chair Senator Kel Seliger said that if colleges want to continue to raise tuition in the future, they have to earn it. More...