Emerging Research Universities Vie for Tier One Status
Seven Texas universities will meet in the Capitol today, all seeking the most coveted of higher education grails: so-called tier-one status.
It could take years before any of the emerging research universities transform into top-tier research institutions — if they do at all. But the state now pays them for demonstrated progress toward that goal, pitting them against one another in competition for limited funds.
The joint hearing of the House and Senate higher education committees will mark their first chance to assure lawmakers — who easily passed a landmark bill in 2009 geared toward growing the number of tier ones in ...
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Bill Hobby
"Some of the requirements are clear: an endowment of at least $400 million, at least 200 Ph.D.s conferred in each of the two preceding academic years and at least $45 million expenditures in restricted research funds in the two preceding fiscal years."
The requirements are even stricter than the story says. The requirements must be met in in each year of the preceding biennium--not just the two preceding years.
--Bill Hobby