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An entrance to the Sul Ross State University campus at Alpine. Laura Torres didn’t plan to study in her hometown of Del Rio. She had gone to the University of South Carolina for a teaching program, but then got pregnant and moved back to the border city of Del Rio in 2018. She’s determined to continue her education and enrolled at the Rio Grande College, an upper-level branch of Sul Ross State University in West Texas serving the Middle Rio Grande region with satellite campuses. But it’s been a challenge, she said, and not just as a single mother. ....
Gallego: Setting higher standards at Sul Ross State University Pete Gallego, For the Express-News April 6, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Tough decisions have been required to improve the financial standing at Sul Ross State University, writes President Pete Gallego, a former state lawmaker. Those decisions have drawn scrutiny and raise hackles.E. Joseph Deering /Houston Chronicle When I began last summer as president of Sul Ross State University which is both my alma mater and my hometown college in Alpine I knew there would be challenges: teaching during COVID, finding ways to increase enrollment and providing more financial aid, to start. I immediately introduced new ideas to overcome them. My experience is as a lawyer and legislator, and I served for years on the conference committee that balanced multiple Texas state budgets. So, naturally, I started looking at finances. ....
Pete Gallego: Rural Texas universities must come up with fresh ways to help students with debt At Sul Ross we are looking at new ways to use resources to ensure students graduate and have as little debt as possible. By Pete Gallego President Joe Biden and federal officials are exploring whether to forgive up to $50,000 in college debt for every former student. And in Austin, lawmakers will soon debate whether to include more financial aid for future students in the next state budget. These are important conversations. On average, Texas students graduate from public colleges and universities with $27,000 in debt. And Texans who start but never finish college rack up more than $14,000 in debt on average along the way. ....