FROM THE TEXAS TRIBUTE: “Texas Republican lawmakers continued their carrot-and-stick approach to higher education during this year’s legislative session, pressuring public universities into abandoning what they view as progressive policies. As in 2023, they opened with threats to withhold hundreds of millions in funding unless universities aligned more closely with their conservative vision of higher education. In the end, lawmakers left that pool of money alone. Still, the pressure may help explain why university leaders held back from commenting publicly on some of the most controversial proposals brought forward this session.” Read more here.