Univ. of Houston-Victoria Looks to Texas A&M System
In January, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching elevated the University of Houston to its top tier of research universities. But, in the ensuing celebration for this hard-to-achieve accolade, some are feeling left out. An influential band of the 62,500 or so residents of Victoria, home of the University of Houston-Victoria — a smaller, more rural member of the University of Houston System, about 130 miles from the main campus — is leading a movement to part ways with the parent system.
State Rep. Geanie Morrison, R-Victoria, filed a bill earlier this session to move the university under the ...
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Chris Lawrence
I think this would be a colossal mistake on UHV's part. The A&M system is basically College Station + everybody else, and while A&M has a lot of "everybody elses" they really have no pull in the system itself. UHV if it does change systems ought to go with the Texas State system where the schools are far more comparable and equal from top to bottom. And unlike the UT and A&M systems, TSU is much more off the political radar, so some of the sillier mandates from Perrydom (like the A&M system's accountability system and the "game the system to get great evaluations, get cash" award) aren't being implemented there.
Tom Deliganis
Victoria as a community who should be proud of the fact that they have a four year University of UofH's caliber. In fact they are extremely fortunate to have a University of any kind there.