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
Thursday
april 23, 2009
volume 90, no.
105
www.
theshorthorn.
com
since 1919
By Bryan BastiBle
The Shorthorn staff
Two bills in the state Senate regardingemergingresearchinstitutions
were looked...
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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
Thursday
april 23, 2009
volume 90, no.
105
www.
theshorthorn.
com
since 1919
By Bryan BastiBle
The Shorthorn staff
Two bills in the state Senate regardingemergingresearchinstitutions
were looked at in the Higher Education Committee, had substitutes adopted and the new versions passed out
of committee Wednesday.
SB 1560, authored by Sen.
Robert
Duncan, R-Lubbock, set criteria for
the emerging research institutions to
reach Tier One status.
SB 9, authored
by Sen.
Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, relates to setting a pathway for the seven
emerging research institutions to
reach Tier One status, while continuing to support the two existing Tier
One level public universities in Texas.
Duncan’s bill would use the national research university fund for qualifying institutions that could be used
to provide faculty support and pay
faculty salaries, purchase equipment
or library materials, pay graduate student stipends and support res
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