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2 Document(s) [ Subject: South Texas Border Initiative ]

Committee:	House Higher Education
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on Higher Education, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2002 : a report to the House of Representatives, 78th Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Chiropractors | College preparatory curriculum | College preparedness | Higher education | South Texas Border Initiative | University budgets | University faculty | University student transfers |
Library Call Number:	L1836.77 ed84h
Session:	77th R.S. (2001)
Online version:	View report [104 pages  File size: 1,976 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Review problems confronting students regarding the transfer of course credit between institutions of higher education. Evaluate current transfer policies of all higher education institutions and identify ways to simplify transfers between and among institutions.
2.	Identify effective measures the legislature, P-16 institutions, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the Texas Education Agency and other entities should take to close performance and participation gaps within Texas and consider aligning curriculum and standards in P-16 education to improve student preparation.
3.	Review differences in quality, admissions policies, resources and mission between rural and urban institutions of higher education and between community colleges and four-year institutions. Determine whether such differences warrant different performance measures in areas such as retention and graduation rates, faculty workload and funding formulas.
4.	Study the reasons and importance of the fact that many institutions have fund balances that are negative or balances that are declining over time.
5.	Evaluate the need and possible benefits of establishing a state-funded and state-operated chiropractic program in a state university system, including the possible transfer of a private chiropractic institution to a state university system.
6.	Review the effects on higher education attendance rates, degree availability, graduation rates and facilities ten years after the beginning of the South Texas/Border Initiative.
7.	Evaluate the implementation of SB 149, 75th R.S., relating to post-tenure review for faculty, and consider faculty workload policies in determining the law's effectiveness.
8.	Actively monitor agencies and institutions under the committee's oversight jurisdiction.
Committee:	Joint Higher Education in South Texas
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Report to the 71st Legislature / Legislative Joint Committee on Higher Education in South Texas.
Subjects:	Border issues | Higher education | South Texas Border Initiative |
Library Call Number:	L1836.70 ed84s
Session:	70th R.S. (1987)
Online version:	View report [233 pages  File size: 11,150 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Identify the higher education needs of South Texas and determine to what degree those demands are being met.

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