Texas State Relishes New Status, Focuses on Future
The view of the Texas State University campus from its president’s 10th-floor office windows in San Marcos may be the same as it was last week, but the institution has fundamentally changed.
The difference is a seemingly minor word change in the records held by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. In mid-January, Texas State was classified as an emerging research institution.
Texas State joins seven other public Texas universities that are a step below the research university status held by the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University.
Denise Trauth, Texas State’s president, expects ...
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Ray Grasshoff via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Kudos to Texas State, President Trauth, and the state's work to develop higher education, but looking at the big picture, is it in the best interests of a state as a large as Texas to develop another hightest-level research institution so geographically close to its two existing such institutions ... and in a smallish (although pleasant and attractive) city rather than in a more populous but underserved-in-this-way area?
Kolten Parker
Great time to be a Bobcat! Eat'em up Cats!!!
Sean Fleming
It is an interesting point that you make, but Texas State pushing for Tier 1 status does not keep anyone else from doing so. This is simply a matter of who is deserving of this designation, and who isn't. If, for example, Texas Tech or UT Dallas are not able to achieve this status for some reason, that has nothing to do with Texas State and it's efforts to improve it's academic and research standing. The leadership at each University is responsible for developing their academic standing, and they should constantly be striving to improve. On a side note, I would say that the entire state of North Carolina has benefited greatly from the close proximity of NC State, Duke, and UNC (known as the Research Triangle). Imagine how much Texas could benefit from the collaboration of Texas, Texas A&M, Rice, UT Dallas, U of H, and Texas State. That could be one impressive research triangle. Go State!