letter from the editor
The right
Restricted Research Expenditures
stuff
T
exas has the right stuff.
The recent announcement that Toyota’s U.S.
headquarters is coming to
the state is but one indication that
the rest of the world understands
that Texas is firing on all cylinders.
But it’s hardly time to sit back
and rest easy with our boots off
and a can of Lone Star in our
hands.
Eight universities are designated
as emerging research universities
in the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board’s accountability system: Texas State University
(TxStU), Texas Tech University
(TTU), the University of Texas at
Arlington (UTA), the University of
Texas at Dallas (UTD), the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP),
the University of Texas at San
Antonio (UTSA), University of
Houston (UH), and University of
North Texas (UNT). The THECB
reported earlier that Texas Tech
University and University of Houston met eligibility as an emerging
research university.
So the state and its public
universities are making progress as
this chart shows.
But other states aren’t going
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Research Texas
Spring 2014
to stand still. If Texas wants to
continue having the right stuff, it’s
going to need continued research
and innovation.
Robert Francis
Editor