T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N
Wednesday
October 27, 2010
Volume 92, No.
36
www.
theshorthorn.
com
Since 1919
BY AMANDA GONZALEZ
The Shorthorn staff
Classroom utilization
on campus is below state
standards, and UTA is...
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T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N
Wednesday
October 27, 2010
Volume 92, No.
36
www.
theshorthorn.
com
Since 1919
BY AMANDA GONZALEZ
The Shorthorn staff
Classroom utilization
on campus is below state
standards, and UTA is considering ways to increase efficiency which could affect
future growth.
The Texas Higher EducationCoordinatingBoard’s
standard score for efficient
use of classroom space is 75
and UTA had a classroom
score of 66.
The top scoring
university in the UT System
was UT-Pan American with
a 100 and the lowest scorer
in the system was UT-Tyler
with a 58.
Provost Donald Bobbitt
said it would be impossible
to justify new buildings
until the current buildings
are used efficiently.
He said it will be at least
a decade until new academic buildings are built.
“We’re OK now, but let’s
get prepared for the future,”
he said.
He said the administration was concerned about
low utilization scores received from the coordinating board.
The university hir
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