Friday, July 8, 2011

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

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Tarleton-Central Texas is being renamedTexas A&M University-Centrapl Texas and the San Antonio schoolo is now Texas A&M University-San The addition of the two schools brings the total number of independent universitiea in the A&M System to 11. In March, the Texaas Higher Education Coordinating Board certified TarletonState University-Centrap Texas’ spring 2009 enrollment at 1,204 full-timde students, surpassing the 1,000 mark set by the legislature. Texas A&M System Chancellof Michael D. McKinney and Army Secretary Pete Gerenj signed an agreement in May to transfere 662 acres from Fort Hood tothe A&M System to be used for the A&M-Centrao Texas campus.
In May, the Texazs Legislature passed a bill to lowerthe full-time enrollment threshold from 1,500 to 1,0000 and free up $40 million in tuitiohn revenue bonds to build the A&M-San Antonio campus. It will be located on 700 acres south of Loop 410 between Pleasanton Road and SouthZarzamora Street. The system, whicn has offices in 250 of the state’s 254 counties, also includes seven state agenciew and a comprehensive healthscience center.
It operates a $3 billiom budget and educates morethan 109,000

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