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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The University of Texas System Board of Regents has approved tuition increases for the system's academic and health institutions over the next two years.
The increase was approved Monday. Increases for academic and health institutions range from 2 to 6 percent.
The system's Austin campus will see an increase of $152 in the fall, and an additional increase of $152 a year later, bringing tuition to a total of $5,207 per semester.
UT System Chancellor William H. McRaven told regents at a February meeting that the increases were necessary to keep the system's institutions competitive, and that they are facing a need for significant additional resources because of the increase in costs associated with operating a university campus.
Most UT System in-state undergraduate students have seen little to no tuition increases since 2012.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The University of Texas System has put together guidelines to help campus police at all 14 institutions better respond to sexual assault victims.
A statement Tuesday announced what the UT System calls a "science-based, victim-centered blueprint" for police.
The 170-page document was developed by UT System police and the Institute on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault at the flagship campus in Austin.
Authorities hope the information will help the 600 officers better engage with and understand victims, as well as reporting the allegations, for improved public safety.
The UT System, with more than 217,000 students, began a $1.7 million comprehensive campus sexual assault study last summer to better assist students and staff on the issue of sexual violence.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie backed Donald Trump in the Republican race for president on Friday, as the billionaire businessman sought to beat back a series of blistering attacks from Marco Rubio on his character by unveiling a powerhouse endorsement.
"This is the person who will go to Washington, D.C., and be able to absolutely turn the place around," Christie said at a news conference with Trump in Fort Worth, Texas.
Christie said Trump was hands-down the better choice than a first-term senator who "didn't show up for work."
"We don't need any more of these Washington, D.C. acts," he said.
The shock endorsement came after Rubio, in an abrupt shift cheered by anxious Republicans nationwide, shattered months of relative peace with Trump in Thursday night's GOP debate. It marked the beginning of a long-awaited takedown effort on Trump on the weekend before Super Tuesday.
Rubio continued the verbal assault on Friday, repeatedly called Trump "a con artist" during a series of interviews designed to weaken Trump's tightening grasp on the Republican presidential nomination. It was backed by a new advertising campaign from Rubio allies attacking Trump's business background and limited knowledge on foreign policy.
"A con artist is about to take over the Republican Party and the conservative movement," Rubio charged on CBS' "This Morning." ''And we have to put a stop to it."
But as he has so many times during the campaign, Trump found a way to turn the attention back onto himself just hours later with the Christie endorsement. "I just said wow, that is really great," Trump said of winning Christie's support.