Texas State Chancellor Faces Anxieties at Sul Ross
ALPINE — On the cool desert evening of Oct. 24, a small group of local leaders and concerned citizens in this remote West Texas town assembled on the first floor of the historic Holland Hotel. They were there to consider the merits of severing Sul Ross State University’s longstanding ties to the Texas State University System but had not anticipated how quickly the news would spread.
That morning, more than 400 miles away in his downtown Austin office, Brian McCall, the system’s chancellor, got wind of the gathering. With little time to spare, he hopped on a westbound plane ...
Comments (2)
visule
Regardless of the system Sol Ross falls under will probably not change what’s going on in the class room. All these public funded schools have to answer to the students and taxpayers. It is a disservice if for whatever reason the College can’t enroll qualified students, then teach, counsel, tutor and help them complete a degree. As an example, look at the eliminated Chemistry program at Sul Ross. Math, Science and Engineering must be the hardest subjects to major in. If the society goal is to have more people with chemistry degrees than those students will have to enroll elsewhere.
Andrew S
This appears to be an easy decision. Call the guy in Austin and he will be there only when he has to. TSU apparently did not care to resolve this issue over the last 10 years and look at what has happened or get people from west Texas to run the university who understand what that region needs. TTU appears to be performing well.
Sul Ross is west of IH 35 and west Texas needs to step up and gain leadership or they will fall further behind people who live east of 35. Our state population is growing and Sul Ross should be too.
Sul Ross needs new leadership.