Leadership & Policy
Coverage of executive leadership, governance, public policy, legislative priorities, strategic initiatives, and decisions shaping the Texas A&M System.
In response to state law, the Board of Regents undertook a review of faculty senates to evaluate their roles within the System.
Regents today approved final steps for the University of Houston-Victoria to officially join the A&M System on September 1, becoming Texas A&M University-Victoria, the System’s 12th university.
Regents today approved next year’s operating budget of $8.1 billion and announced a two-year freeze on what Texas resident undergraduates pay for academics. Tuition and all academic fees will stay at current levels for the 2025–26 and 2026–27 academic years across all of the universities of The Texas A&M University System.
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents today voted to name Dr. Christopher Maynard as the sole finalist for the position of president of Texas A&M International University in Laredo.
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents today approved the 2026–2030 System Capital Plan, a $6.6 billion roadmap that includes $1.925 billion in new proposed projects over the next five years.
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents today voted to name Dr. James K. Nelson Jr. interim president of the new Texas A&M University-Victoria.
As our state struggles to comprehend the magnitude of the loss felt by so many of our fellow Texans, and even as we all offer up our prayers for the victims and their families and the parents, friends and loved ones of those still missing — brave men and women from across the Texas A&M University System were risking their lives to save others caught in dangerous flooding across Central Texas and the Hill Country.
Glenn Hegar, the former Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, today officially assumed his duties as Chancellor of The Texas A&M University System, one of the largest and most influential systems of higher education in the United States.
Today, the Commission for Public Higher Education, a consortium of six public university systems, was unveiled. This Commission will create a first-of-its-kind accreditation model for public higher education institutions.
Chancellor John Sharp today thanked Texas lawmakers for delivering significant funding increases to The Texas A&M University System during the 89th Legislative Session. Sharp said the funding will strengthen the System’s ability to serve Texas and meet the needs of its people, from higher education and health care to emergency response and workforce development.