Thursday, October 14, 2010

Two universities join Texas A&M system - Austin Business Journal:

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Tarleton-Central Texas is being renamedcTexas A&M University-Central Texas and the San Antonio school is now Texas A&M University-San Antonio. The additio of the two schools bringx the total number of independent universities inthe A&M System to 11. In March, the Texaz Higher Education Coordinating Board certified TarletonStatew University-Central Texas’ spring 2009 enrollment at 1,204 full-time students, surpassing the 1,000 mark set by the Texas A&M System Chancellor Michael D. McKinney and Army Secretary Pete Geremn signed an agreement in May to transfer 662 acree from Fort Hood tothe A&jM System to be used for the A&M-Centralk Texas campus.
In May, the Texas Legislature passesd a bill to lowerthe full-time enrollment threshold from 1,500 to 1,000 and free up $40 million in tuition revenue bonds to builxd the A&M-San Antonio campus. It will be located on 700 acresz south of Loop 410 betweebn Pleasanton Road and SouthZarzamora Street. The which has offices in 250 ofthe state’se 254 counties, also includes seveb state agencies and a comprehensive health sciencse center. It operates a $3 billion budget and educatex morethan 109,000 students.

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