Education
BY ADAM DOE & PATRICIA ORTIZ
Higher Education Edition 2025
Readers, welcome to your CI higher education edition! This annual guide features the latest updates and resources about local higher education institutions in and around your community. All the stories were written by our team of local journalists. In this year’s edition, our team of reporters bring you stories about the University of North Texas, Tarrant County College and more. Our front page story takes a deep dive into the partnership happening between Tarrant County College students and the Fort Worth Film Commission. They are partnering to fill the voids happening in local film productions as more movies and shows start filming in north Texas. Happy reading!
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TCC sees 4% enrollment increase from 2024 Tarrant County College has seen a 4.31% year- over-year increase in enrollment from the 2024 fall semester. The overview TCC has 49,393 students enrolled for the fall 2025 semester, according to a news release from the college. Student enrollment is counted from the 12th class day of the semester, Sept. 10, for 2025. While the fall 2025 semester has more students than the previous year, Tarrant County College saw a higher percentage of growth from 2023 to 2024. “Growth seen in prior fall terms was driven more by increases in dual enrolled students, whereas growth from fall 2024 to fall 2025 was driven more by an increase in non-dual enrolled students,” Holly Stovall, the executive director of
UNT partners with colleges for workforce The University of North Texas and several other North Texas education providers, including Texas Woman’s University and Collin College, have partnered to create the Texas Talent Accelerator. In a nutshell The accelerator, which was announced during a Sept. 4 panel event at UNT’s Frisco Campus, aims to meet labor demands in the growing North Texas economy, UNT President Harrison Keller said. Keller said current labor market data is abstract and too slow to integrate into curriculum design and the accelerator will work with local employers to understand what training and education is needed for new hires and college graduates.
Tarrant County College fall semester enrollment
Fall 2025 is the fourth year where student enrollment at Tarrant County College has increased.
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SOURCE: TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH/COMMUNITY IMPACT
institutional research at TCC, said in an email. The college has seen a 22% increase in student enrollment since 2021. Enrollment is expected to continue to increase for the fall 2025 semester.
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