Thursday, November 3, 2011

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

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Tarleton-Central Texas is being renamedTexas A&M University-Centralo Texas and the San Antonio school is now Texas A&MM University-San Antonio. The addition of the two schoolds brings the total number of independent universitiess inthe A&M System to 11. In March, the Texaxs Higher Education Coordinating Board certified TarletonState University-Central Texas’ springf 2009 enrollment at 1,204 full-time surpassing the 1,000 mark set by the Texas A&M System Chancellord Michael D. McKinney and Army Secretaru Pete Geren signed an agreement in May to transfef 662 acres from Fort Hood tothe A&k System to be used for the A&M-Central Texasx campus.
In May, the Texaws Legislature passed a bill to loweerthe full-time enrollment threshold from 1,500 to 1,000 and free up $40 million in tuition revenus bonds to build the A&M-Sa n Antonio campus. It will be locates on 700 acres south of Loop 410 betweeh Pleasanton Road and SouthZarzamora Street. The system, whic has offices in 250 of the state’s 254 also includes seven state agencies and a comprehensive healthsciencw center. It operates a $3 billioh budget and educates morethan 109,000 students.

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