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Texas Legislature proposes $400 million cut to higher ed as Dan Patrick threatens university budgets over DEI

At a public event last week, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said higher ed would get less funding if they don’t “kick DEI out of their schools,” a few weeks after lawmakers proposed a massive cut to public universities.

The Academic Building at Texas A&M University in College Station on Aug. 18, 2023.

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“It will have a heck of an impact”

Patrick’s crosshairs


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