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This document is available on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Website: http://www.thecb.state.tx.us

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Dr. Stacey Silverman Director, Academic Research and Grants Programs Academic Affairs and Research Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board P.O. Box 12788 Austin, TX 78711 512/427-6241

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Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Joint Partnerships among Texas Institutions of Higher Education

Introduction Senate Bill 649, 80th Texas Legislature, authorized the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (Coordinating Board) to conduct a study to determine whether institutions of higher education, including component institutions of different university systems, may effectively enter into joint partnership agreements to develop degree programs and share faculty and facilities. The Coordinating Board was directed to offer recommendations to allow institutions to enter into effective joint partnerships. This report describes the available options that institutions have to collaborate through partnerships in degree programs, research, faculty, and facilities. Effective collaboration efforts currently in place are highlighted and may serve as models for other institutions to emulate. Additionally, included in the report are recommendations to facilitate these partnerships and collaborations. Partnerships exist between higher education institutions within the same and between different higher education systems. Such partnerships allow institutions to leverage existing resources to achieve greater efficiencies. Programmatic partnerships are especially important, as they increase student access to degree programs. Included in the Appendices are listings of joint degree programs, research projects, faculty appointments, and shared facilities. These lists are based on institutional reports to the Coordinating Board. Data included in the lists are based on existing resources. However, because there is not an official requirement for institutions to report partnerships in all forms, these lists are not comprehensive. In order to best identify, capture, and categorize the full range of institutional partnerships, the Coordinating Board would need legislative direction to do so. Importantly, if additional data collection were required, requisite resources would also be necessary to allow the Coordinating Board to begin a new initiative. Degree Program Partnerships Examples of programmatic partnerships are found in general academic and health-related institutions. Descriptions of joint, cooperative, and dual degree programs follow. Joint Degree Programs A joint degree program is offered when two or more institutions fully authorized to award the degree agree to award it together. All participating institutions are designated on a student’s diploma. Prior to the establishment of such a program, participating institutions negotiate and reach agreement on data reporting issues. These include data reported to the Coordinating Board, such as program enrollment and graduates. Data reporting arrangements are important, as they are included in the current structure of the formula for funding general academic and

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health-related institutions. Currently, institutions receive credit for students enrolled in courses, and only one institution may claim the graduates of joint degree programs. Institutions are able to share funding for enrollments, as the formula funding dollars currently follow the student based on the courses or program of study. There is no method to allow a shared course to be counted by two or more institutions. An example of a joint degree program offered in Texas is biomedical engineering. Two joint degree program offered in biomedical engineering are The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and The University of Texas at Arlington, and The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio and The University of Texas San Antonio. The degrees awarded have the official seal of each institution involved in the partnership.

The institutions may negotiate to share resources, including faculty, laboratory space, and courses. Institutions are not required, but often notify the Coordinating Board when they initiate a joint program. If an institution requests, these programs are identified on the Coordinating Board’s Program Inventory. A listing of joint degree programs reported to the Coordinating Board by Texas public institutions of higher education is included as Appendix A. Institutions awarding joint degree commonly notify the Coordinating Board. However, no approval is required if both institutions have separate degree-granting authority. The institutions may request the Coordinating Board indicate the joint degree on the program inventory. The Coordinating Board neither monitors nor maintains a comprehensive inventory of joint degree programs. Cooperative Degree Program A cooperative degree program may be established between two or more institutions, one with degree granting authority and one without. Following an arrangement between two or more institutions, the cooperative degree program allows the authorized degree-granting institution to offer a degree program or portions of the program on the campus of an institution that does not have degree-granting authority. This type of arrangement is generally intended as a development process to encourage and guide the institution without degree-granting authority to develop programs in new areas. Such an arrangement expands educational opportunities for students through the provision of a degree program in a community or region of the state that may be underserved. Many cooperative degree programs involve the use of distance education technologies to deliver instruction.

A common example of a cooperative degree program is Public Health. The degree awarded has the official seal of The University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, School of Public Health, and programs are offered in several locations: El Paso, on the campus of The University of Texas El Paso; Dallas, on the campus of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas; San Antonio, on the campus of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; and most recently in Austin in cooperation with The University of Texas at Austin (though not physically located on the campus). Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, School of Public Health also offers students access to public health degree programs through distance learning. Sites include Temple, Corpus Christi, McAllen, Laredo, and Austin.

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Institutions awarding cooperative degree programs notify the Coordinating Board. However, no approval for this degree is currently required. The Coordinating Board neither monitors nor maintains an inventory of cooperative degree programs. Dual Degree Programs Dual degree programs allow academically outstanding students to pursue two separate degree programs resulting in the receipt of two degrees through a structured process. Programs leading to dual degrees may reduce time-to-degree completion by up to a year, if the two degree programs share a set of common courses. Examples of dual degree programs include professional degrees in medicine and law; law and business; and medicine and public health. A dual degree program may be offered within an institution (business and law) or across institutions (medicine and law), may be offered by institutions within the same system, or between institutions public and independent institutions. One example of a dual degree program within an institution is the Medicine (MD)/Master of Public Health (MPH) offered by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Medicine and School of Public Health. An example of the dual degree offered within a system, but between institutions is that of Medicine (MD) and Business (MBA) offered by Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and Texas Tech University. An example of a dual degree offered between two separate institutions is that of Medicine (MD) and Law (JD) offered by Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Houston. Institutions awarding dual degree programs are not required, but often provide written notification to the Coordinating Board when they enter into a partnership. No approval is in place for the review of dual degree programs, and no comprehensive inventory of these programs is maintained. Research Partnerships Joint or collaborative research projects are common among universities and health-related institutions. However, higher education institutions are not required to report these partnerships to the Coordinating Board. Collaborative research efforts are encouraged through the Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Program (NHARP), which awards basic science grants to general academic and health-related institutions. In 2006-2007, the number of collaborative projects funded as part of the NHARP was 10 out of a total of 88 projects, and each collaborative project involved two institutions. In 2008-2009, the number of collaborative projects funded increased to 20 out of 121 projects, with 18 of the partnerships between two institutions and two projects involving three institutions. Geographic proximity often facilitates development of collaborative research projects. In 2008-2009, 13 of the 20 collaborative NHARP projects selected were collaborations between institutions located in a particular geographic area, such as the Metroplex or the greater Houston area. In 2006-2007, seven of the 10 collaborative grants awarded were to institutions

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in geographic proximity to one another. A list of funded collaborative projects under the NHARP from 2006-2009 is included as Appendix B. Partnership efforts are encouraged for specific areas of research, such as nursing through program specific grant programs, such as the Coordinating Board’s Nursing Innovations Grant Program. The theme for the selection of grants for 2008-2009 is Partnerships in Nursing Education. This grant program supports partnerships between nursing programs and hospitals and supports partnerships between academic institutions. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center was selected to host a statewide conference on partnerships in nursing education in spring 2009. Additional information about these research partnerships is included as Appendix C. Joint Faculty Appointments The Coordinating Board collects a limited amount of information from institutions of higher education on faculty appointments. In particular, the Board collects the number of faculty members hired by one institution and also hired by another institution during the same time period, an indicator of shared faculty. The appointment of shared faculty is common across the state and appears to be influenced by several factors: institutional proximity, the relationship between institutions (e.g., whether they are in the same system), and the missions of the institutions. In fall 2007, the average percent of joint faculty appointments for two-year institutions and general academic institutions was 9 percent. The average percent of joint appointments at health-related institutions was 4 percent. The difference in faculty appointments between the different higher education sectors may be attributed to the highly specialized degree programs and research activities at the health-related institutions compared to programs offered at the two-year and general academic institutions. The general academic institutions that reported joint faculty appointments equaling 10 percent or greater are listed in Table 1 below. The majority of these joint appointments were reported with community/technical colleges. Notably, The University of Texas at Brownsville, because of its relationship with Texas Southmost College, reported the largest number of joint appointments.

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Table 1. General Academic Institutions with Greater than 10 Percent Joint Faculty Appointments

Institution Total Univ CTC HRI Sum PercentPrairie View A&M University 487 23 49 1 73 15%Sul Ross Rio Grande College 46 0 8 0 8 17%Texas A&M Univ at Galveston 168 30 5 0 35 21%Texas A&M University-Texarkana 124 1 14 0 15 12%Texas Southern University 605 47 75 1 123 20%Texas Woman's University 1,001 29 60 7 96 10%University of Houston-Clear Lake 610 23 35 0 58 10%University of Houston-Downtown 559 58 110 0 168 30%University of Houston-Victoria 156 11 16 0 27 17%The University of Texas at Brownsville 460 5 270 0 275 60%

Univ = other university; CTC = community/technical college, HRI = health-related institution In reviewing the community and technical colleges with more than 10 percent of joint faculty appointments, Texas Southmost College at 53 percent reported the highest percent of joint faculty appointments. Again, this is likely due to the unique location of the institution. Collin County Community College District also reported a high percentage of joint appointments at 25 percent. Many of those appointments were with its neighboring community college district, Dallas County Community College District. The community and technical colleges that reported joint faculty appointments equaling 10 percent or greater are listed in Table 2 below.

Table 2. CTCs with Greater than 10 Percent Joint Faculty Appointments

Institution Total Univ CTC HRI Sum PercentAlvin Community College 261 8 25 0 33 13% Blinn College 570 46 21 0 67 12% College Of The Mainland 227 5 28 1 34 15% Collin County Community College District 972 52 187 1 240 25% Dallas County Community College District 3,002 102 320 5 427 14% Galveston College 120 4 10 5 19 16% Grayson County College 175 7 10 0 17 10% Hill College 207 3 21 0 24 12% Houston Community College 1,793 175 210 4 389 22% Lee College 323 6 43 0 49 15% Lone Star College System District 2,375 137 200 1 338 14% Navarro College 489 13 70 0 83 17% North Central Texas College 352 40 42 0 82 23% San Jacinto Community College 943 44 99 1 144 15% Tarrant County College Dist 1,425 51 152 1 204 14% Texas Southmost College 528 261 18 1 280 53% Texas State T. C. Harlingen 211 11 14 0 25 12% Wharton County Junior College 266 12 25 0 37 14% Univ = other university; CTC = community/technical college, HRI = health-related institution

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The health-related institutions reported fewer joint faculty appointments than the other types of higher education institutions. The specialized nature of the health-related degree programs and research activities is likely to account for the difference. Health-related institution faculty are more likely to hold joint appointments at general academic or other health-related institutions than at community/technical colleges. This also reflects the different missions of the institutions and the likelihood of advanced research activities. Health-related institutions data are presented in Table 3.

Table 3. HRIs Joint Faculty Appointments Institution Total Univ CTC HRI Sum PercentTexas A&M University System Health Science Center (College Station, Temple) 429 11 2 2 15 3% Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (Lubbock, Amarillo, El Paso, Permian Basin) 819 11 0 0 11 1% The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas 1,899 7 6 1 14 1% University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth 435 4 0 0 4 1% The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston 1,322 8 6 43 57 4% The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler 94 15 0 0 15 16% The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 1,895 10 6 2 18 1% The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center 1,687 19 2 49 70 4% The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston 1,268 2 6 5 13 1%

Univ = other university; CTC = community/technical college, HRI = health-related institution Joint Use of Facilities/Administrative Units Another type of institutional partnership involves sharing of facilities, both physical and virtual. In the case of physical facilities, there are several Multi-Institution Teaching Centers (MITC) and System Centers located throughout the state, serving approximately 15,500 undergraduate students and 5,900 graduate students (headcount enrollments). These are defined by Coordinating Board rules as higher education centers administered under a formal agreement between two or more public higher education institutions. A MITC /System Centers may also involve one or more private institutions. It has minimal administration and locally provided facilities. One successful MITC is located in the Austin metropolitan area: the Round Rock Higher Education Center (RRHEC). The RRHEC-MITC combines the efforts of Texas State University-San Marcos, Austin Community College, and Temple College at Taylor to offer educational programs and workforce training to students from the Williamson County and Austin area. Some certificate programs are also offered. Students enrolled at the RRHEC-MITC have the opportunity to take courses in programs leading to Associate, Bachelor’s, and Master’s degrees.

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Health-related institutions (HRIs) also form partnerships with other HRIs, and general academic institutions. Additionally, HRIs enter into unique partnerships with local hospitals and area clinics. The Texas Medical Center (TMC), the largest medical center in the world, is a Houston non-profit with more than 1,000 acres of land. The TMC includes 46 member institutions, which include public and independent higher education institutions, government agencies, and hospitals. Academic members include: Baylor College of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Houston System, Rice University, Texas A&M University System, Texas Woman’s University, Prairie View A&M University, Texas Southern University, and Houston Community College System. The academic institutions share a library, patient care responsibilities, and collaborate on research projects. In addition to sharing physical spaces, institutions also form partnerships to share virtual space on the Internet. They share web portals that offer online instruction for courses and degree programs. One notable example in the community and technical college sector of higher education is the Virtual College of Texas (VCT), a collaborative endeavor among Texas community and technical colleges that makes a wide variety of courses available to students across the state. Through VCT, students may register at their local colleges to take credit and non-credit distance learning courses from other community and technical colleges throughout Texas. Member institutions of the VCT share distance learning courses under agreed upon terms through a Memorandum of Understanding, based upon an operational model referred to as the Host-Provider Model.

The host (local) college:

• Enrolls students locally to take courses from remote (provider) colleges • Provides VCT-enrolled students with the same slate of student services it provides its

other students • Administers tests as directed by provider colleges' instructors • Awards course credit • Includes the courses on its own transcripts

The provider (remote) college:

• Provides instructors who define course content and instructional methodologies • Directs all class activities, including assignments and tests, and awards final grades • Establishes the academic calendar for courses it offers through VCT

For the provider's instructional service, the host college pays the provider a per-student instructional fee, which typically does not exceed the contact-hour reimbursement it receives from the state. The instructional fee is paid by the institution, not the student. The Host-Provider Model makes it possible for VCT member colleges to leverage their distance learning resources--including faculty, courses, support services, and technology--to benefit students throughout Texas. The VCT is governed by the Texas Association of Community Colleges, and has the approval of the regional accrediting body, the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). Universities are also actively participating in online partnerships. The UT Tele-Campus (UTTC), administered by The University of Texas System, works with the 15 component institutions to develop and deliver high-quality online courses, degree programs, and provide support services

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for students. Since launching in 1998, UTTC has facilitated more than 40,000 enrollments. This has generated more than $41 million in tuition, fees, and formula funding for the campuses offering these courses. The UTTC partners with the campus faculty and provides a full-spectrum of training and support services for faculty and students. The UTTC also provides grants to UT component institutions to support course and program development, faculty course release time, instructional design support, and course production.

Students apply to the campus offering the program into which they wish to enroll and from which they wish to graduate, but receive courses and support centrally via the UTTC for cost-savings and efficiencies of scale system-wide. The same general admissions criteria that applies to the on-campus program applies to its online equivalent. The UTTC offers more than 17 graduate and undergraduate programs, more than two dozen certificate and degree options; many professional development courses; and a successful Kindergarten through 12 (K-12) project, TAKS Readiness and Core Knowledge (TRACK) offered in partnership with the Institute for Public School Initiatives. Unique Program: Joint Admissions Medical Program The Joint Admissions Medical Program (JAMP) was created by the 77th Texas Legislature in 2001 and is a coordinated partnership of Texas medical schools and general academic institutions. Institutions collaborate to select, support, and encourage highly qualified, economically disadvantaged students to pursue a career in medicine. Funding for JAMP is trusteed to the Coordinating Board and the Coordinating Board contracts the administration and management to The University of Texas System Office, Texas Medical and Dental Schools Application Service (TMDSAS). Each Texas medical school has a representative serving on the JAMP oversight council. The JAMP Council is responsible for selecting and monitoring JAMP participants. Undergraduate students attending public and independent general academic institutions are eligible to apply to the program. Currently, there are 241 participating JAMP students, and an additional 96 students will be selected for admission to the program in the fall. JAMP provides both undergraduate and medical school scholarships. Participating JAMP students receive a scholarship each semester beginning in the sophomore year of college. Students also receive a stipend to attend summer internships following their sophomore and junior years of college. JAMP students receive mentoring and personal assistance to prepare for medical school while attending college, with a guarantee of admission to a Texas medical school if all program requirements are met. The first cohort of JAMP students was selected in 2003 and will begin their second year of medical school in the fall. Development of a New Institution: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is a distributed medical model, with a main campus in one location – Lubbock and regional academic health centers (RAHCs) in Amarillo, El Paso, and Midland/Odessa (Permian Basin). The RAHCs serve as out-posts of the Lubbock campus and offer courses and programs to local area students. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center has worked for many years to establish a four-year medical campus in El Paso.

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The establishment of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Paul L. Foster School of Medicine (Foster School of Medicine) is the first new medical school to open in Texas in more than 30 years and is a result of community and institutional partnerships. Conclusions and Recommendations Partnerships exist within and between sectors of higher education, including community and technical colleges, general academic institutions, and health-related institutions. These partnerships include degree offerings, research, faculty, and facilities. Development of new and innovative partnerships, such as the Joint Admissions Medical Program and the local and community effort required to develop the new Foster School of Medicine provide instructive insight and serve to highlight new directions for partnerships. However, comprehensive data related to the various types of partnerships are not collected by the Coordinating Board. To address this deficiency the Coordinating Board offers the following recommendations for consideration by the Texas Legislature: Recommendation: Direct the Coordinating Board to develop a methodology and implement a reporting system to allow institutions of higher education to share formula funding generated by student enrollment in joint and cooperative degree programs. Recommendation: Direct the Coordinating Board to devise incentives for institutions of higher education to engage in joint and collaborative degree programs and allow each institution to proportionally count degrees awarded. Recommendation: Direct institutions of higher education to report to the Coordinating Board all forms of partnerships, collaborations, joint agreements, etc, through existing reporting structures, including the addition of partnerships category to the Coordinating Board’s Accountability System.

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Appendix A

Joint and Cooperative Degree Programs

Institution CIP Code Program Name Degree Footnote -- other institution role

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

14050100 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING MS Joint Program with UT Arlington

14050100 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING PHD Joint Program with UT Arlington

14050100 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING MS Joint Program with UT Arlington

14050100 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING PHD Joint Program with UT Arlington

51100500 CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCES BS Joint Program with UT Arlington

51100500 CLS-MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS BS Joint Program with UT Arlington

51100500 CLS-CYTOGENETICS BS Joint Program with UT Arlington Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

26120100 BIOTECH-BIOMEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY MS

Joint Program with Texas Tech University

Texas A&M University-Commerce

11010100 COMPUTER SCIENCE MS Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

13121000 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION MA Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

13121000 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION MED Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

13121000 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION MS Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

13131500 READING MA Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

13131500 READING MED Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

13131500 READING MS Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

13132000 VOCATIONAL/TECHNICAL EDUCATION MA

Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

13132000 VOCATIONAL/TECHNICAL EDUCATION MED

Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

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Texas A&M University-Commerce (continued)

30999901 INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES MA Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

30999901 INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES MS Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

50070200 ART MFA Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

University of North Texas

13100100 SPECIAL EDUCATION PHD Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

13121000 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION MED Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

13121000 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION MS Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

13121000 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION EDD Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

13131500 READING EDUCATION MED Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

13131500 READING EDUCATION MS Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

13131500 READING EDUCATION EDD Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

13131500 READING EDUCATION PHD Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

26020400 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY PHD Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

30999901 INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES MS Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

30999901 INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES MA Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

38010100 PHILOSOPHY PHD In Cooperation with UT Arlington -- Degree Granting Role

42060100 COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY PHD Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

44040100 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MPA Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

45110100 SOCIOLOGY PHD Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

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University of Texas-Pan American

43010300 CRIMINAL JUSTICE MS In Cooperation with UT Brownsville -- Degree Granting Role

52110100

BUSI ADMN- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PHD In Cooperation with UT Austin

Texas A&M University

01060100 HORTICULTURE PHD

Also Offered in Cooperation with Texas A&M Kingsville -- Degree Granting Authority

05020300 HISPANIC STUDIES PHD

In Cooperation with Texas A&M International, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, and Texas A&M University Kingsville

13130100 AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION EDD Also Offered as Joint Program with TTU, when offered by Distance Education

Texas A&M University-Kingsville

13040100 EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP EDD Joint Program in Conjunction with Texas A&M University Corpus Christi

Texas Tech University

13040100 EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP EDD

Also Offered in Cooperation with West Texas A&M University -- Degree Granting Authority

13130100 AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION EDD Joint Program with Texas A&M University when offered by Distance Education

26120100 BIOTECH-SCIENCE & AGRICULTURE BIOTECHNOLOGY MS Joint Program with TTUHSC

Texas Woman's University

13100100 SPECIAL EDUCATION PHD Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

13121000 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION MA Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

13121000 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION MED Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

13121000 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION MS Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

13121000 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION EDD Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

13131500 READING EDUCATION MA Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

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Texas Woman's University (continued)

13131500 READING EDUCATION MED Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

13131500 READING EDUCATION MS Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

13131500 READING EDUCATION EDD Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

13131500 READING EDUCATION PHD Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

26020400 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY PHD Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

42060100 COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY PHD Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

45110100 SOCIOLOGY PHD Federation of North Texas Area Universities Program -- Degree Granting

51160800 NURSING SCIENCE PHD In Cooperation with TTUHSC, School of Nursing -- Degree Granting Role

University of Houston

13132700 ALLIED HEALTH EDUCATION AND ADMINISTRATION MED

Joint Program with Baylor College of Medicine -- Degree Granting Role

13132700 ALLIED HEALTH EDUCATION AND ADMINISTRATION EDD

Joint Program with Baylor College of Medicine -- Degree Granting Role

University of Texas at Arlington

14050100 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING MS Joint Program with UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

14050100 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING PHD Joint Program with UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

University of Texas at Austin

44070100 SOCIAL WORK MSSW

Dual degree program with Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary 1/1/2007

University of Texas of the Permian Basin

43010400 CRIMINAL JUSTICE BS In Cooperation with UT Austin and UT Brownsville

University of Texas at San Antonio

14050100 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING MS Joint Program with UTHSC San Antonio

14050100 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING PHD Joint Program with UTHSC San Antonio

51100500 CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCES BS Joint Program with UTHSC San Antonio

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Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

13040100 EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP EDD Joint Program in Conjunction with Texas A&M University-Kingsville

University of Texas at Tyler

51160500 NURSE PRACTIONER- FAMILY NURSE PRACTIONER MSN Joint Program with TTUHSC

51160500 NURSE PRACTIONER- ACUTE CARE NURSE PRACTIONER MSN Joint Program with TTUHSC

51160500 NURSE PRACTIONER- PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTIONER MSN Joint Program with TTUHSC

51160500 NURSE PRACTIONER- GERIATRIC NURSE PRACTIONER MSN Joint Program with TTUHSC

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

26020200 BIOMED SCI-BIOCHEMISTRY MS

All Master's and Doctoral Level Degrees in School of Biomedical Sciences Offered Jointly at UT MD Anderson Medical Center

26020200 BIOMED SCI-BIOCHEMISTRY PHD

All Master's and Doctoral Level Degrees in School of Biomedical Sciences Offered Jointly at UT MD Anderson Medical Center

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Appendix B

Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Program Funded Collaborative Projects

(The lead institution for each project appears first.)

2008- 2009 Projects Health-Related and General Academic Institution Collaborations Biological Sciences Antibody-conjugated Carbon Nanotubes for Selective Photothermal Ablation of Human Tumors $60,000 The University of Texas at Dallas Rockford Draper $30,000 University of North Texas Guenter Gross $60,000 UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Ellen Vitetta, Radu Marches Intra-arterial Revascularization and Local Brain Cooling in Acute Stroke Treatment $115,804 UT Health Science Center at San Antonio Yuchuan Ding $34,196 The University of Texas at San Antonio Ruyan Guo Primary Cilia in the Birth, Function, and Survival of Neurons $100,000 University of North Texas Jannon Fuchs, Harris Schwark $50,000 UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Jenny Hsieh Unraveling the Mystery of Lyme Disease and Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness (STARI) in Texas $108,197 UT Health Science Center at Houston Tao Lin, Steven Norris $40,000 Texas AgriLife Research Pete Teel

Computer Science Computer-aided Diagnosis for Gastrointestinal Bleeding using Wireless Capsule Endoscopy $112,944 University of North Texas Xiaohui Yuan, Bill Buckles, Junghwan Oh $37,000 UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Shou Jiang Tang Facial Expression Analysis Using 6D Data: Application to Autism $100,744 University of Houston Ioannis Kakadiaris, $49,007 UT Health Science Center at Houston Katherine Loveland

Engineering Guiding Brain Plasticity via Vagus Nerve Stimulation $131,000 The University of Texas at Dallas Michael Kilgard $19,000 UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Michael Devous

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General Academic Institution Collaborations

Biological Sciences Profiling Bacterial Species’ Interactions in Mixed Cultures $100,000 Texas State University - San Marcos Robert McLean $50,000 The University of Texas at Austin Marvin Whiteley Habitat Fragmentation in Marine Ecosystems: Impact of Habitat Loss to Marine Fishes $75,000 Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi Greg Stunz $75,000 The University of Texas at Austin Gloria Holt Earth Sciences Database Development of Wind Erosion Source Areas in the Southern High Plains and Chihuahuan Desert $64,600 The University of Texas at El Paso Thomas Gill $43,500 Texas Tech University Jeffrey Lee

Engineering Metal-Organic Field Effect Transistors (MOFETs) $57,000 The University of Texas at Dallas Bruce Gnade $93,000 University of North Texas Mohammad Omary, Thomas Cundar Video-Based Surveillance in Distributed Environments $99,944 University of Houston Ioannis Kakadiaris, Shishir Shah $50,000 Texas Southern University Olufisayo Jejelowo Atmospheric Stability Considerations in the Design of Wind Turbines against Fatigue Failure $77,164 The University of Texas at Austin Lance Manuel $51,776 Texas Tech University Sukanta Basu Development of Active and Durable Nanostructured Pt alloy Catalysts for High Powerdensity Fuel Cells $75,000 University of Houston Peter Strasser $75,000 The University of Texas at Austin Jeremy Meyers

Materials Science/Nanoscience Nanofabrication of Novel Sensors via Self-Assembly of Anisotropic Epitaxial Oxides $60,000 The University of Texas at Arlington Efstathios Meletis, Jiechao Jiang $58,000 The University of Texas at San Antonio Chonglin Chen, Amar Bhalla $30,000 University of Houston Gemunu Gunaratne

Mathematics Applications of Algebraic Geometry to Algebraic Statistics and Geometric Modeling $68,000 Texas A&M University Frank Sottile $76,000 Sam Houston State University Luis Garcia-Puente Bayesian Hierarchical Models for Integrating Multi-resolution Information $50,000 Texas A&M University Bani Mallick $100,000 Texas Engineering Experiment Station Yu Ding, Hong Liang

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Mathematics (continued) Graded Hecke Algebras and Deformations $50,077 Texas A&M University Sarah Witherspoon $43,469 University of North Texas Anne Shepler Inverse Scattering and Spectral Problems in Human Speech $53,570 The University of Texas at Arlington Tuncay Aktosun $50,930 Texas A&M University - Commerce Hasan Coskun Multidimensional Conservation Laws: Training and Dissemination $42,000 University of Houston Barbara Keyfitz Cleopatra Christoforou $12,000 University of Houston-Downtown Katarina Jegdic

Total Number of 2008-09 Collaborative Projects: 20 projects of 121 funded projects; 18 projects involved two institutions, two projects involved three institutions.

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2006-2007 Projects Health-Related and General Academic Institution Collaborations

Biological Sciences Reendothelialization in a Novel Injured Arterial Model $50,000 UT Health Science Center at San Antonio Eugene Sprague $50,000 The University of Texas at San Antonio Hai-Chao Han

Engineering Non-Polymer Coating for Drug Eluting Stents $84,000 UT Health Science Center at San Antonio Marc Feldman, Mauli Agrawal, Devang Patel $16,000 The University of Texas at San Antonio Arturo Ayon, David Johnson Controlled Cell Growth on Biomimetic Multi-Level Nanoscale Polymer Scaffolds $60,000 The University of Texas at Dallas Walter Hu $40,000 UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Kevin Luebke

General Academic Institution Collaborations

Chemistry New Materials for Overcoming the Solar Engergy Conversion Barrier $85,000 The University of Texas at Austin Alan Cowley, Bradley Holliday, Richard Jones $15,000 The University of Texas at El Paso Gregory Lush Targeted Drug Delivery Nanoparticles for Treating Uveal Melanoma $50,000 University of North Texas Zhibing Hu $50,000 The University of Texas at Arlington Liping Tang

Computer Sciences Secure Aggregation for Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Networks $48,781 Lamar University Bo Sun $16,280 Texas Engineering Experiment Station Jianer Chen SOCO - Secure and Optimized Communication & Organization for Target Tracking in Wireless Sensor

Networks $48,780 University of Houston - Clear Lake T. Andrew Yang $16,280 Lamar University Chung-Chih Li

Earth Sciences North American Earth Structure: the Melding of Petrologic Study of Xenoliths and Geophysical Data $44,013 The University of Texas at El Paso Elizabeth Anthony $55,488 The University of Texas at Dallas Robert Stern

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Engineering Effects of Athermal Annealing on High-k Gate stacked MOSCAPs and MOSFETs. $35,000 Texas State University - San Marcos David Donnelly, Wilhelmus Geerts $65,000 The University of Texas at Austin Jack Lee Multilayer Design of Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks $50,000 The University of Texas at San Antonio Dimitrie Popescu $50,000 The University of Texas at Austin Sriram Vishwanath

Total Number of 2006-07 Collaborative Projects: 10 of 88 total funded projects; each collaboration included two institutions.

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Appendix C

Nursing Innovation Partnership Grants

Hospital Partnerships Competition (Two, three-year grants) Mancini, Mary E., The University of Texas at Arlington in partnership with Texas Health Resources (THR), The LEARN (Leveraging Existing Academic Resources in Nursing) Project: Experiential Learning Through a Synergistic Hospital-Based Accelerated BSN Program. $577,287. LEARN proposes a 15- (versus 21-24) month BSN Program that leverages existing faculty and hospital-based resources to overcome enrollment constraints (classroom size, faculty, clinical sites), impact graduation (work conflicts), and prolong hospital orientations (limited clinical exposure). Students (THR employees) will access course content at times, places, rates that meet learning needs and work demands (Podcasts); complete clinicals supervised by THR nurses serving as faculty; and receive support from specially-prepared THR nurses acting as hospital-based facilitator/coaches. Evaluation of this structured academic/hospital partnership model will include comparison to traditional BSN outcomes and cost-benefit assessment from the perspective of students, employers, and Schools of Nursing. Mayrand, Leslie M., Angelo State University in partnership with Shannon Medical Center, San Angelo Community Medical Center, Brownwood Medical Center, and Scenic Mountain Medical Center, Transforming LVN-RN Education Through Hospital Partnerships. $1,270,897. The LVN-RN transition model of education is antiquated, inefficient, and costly. As a result 77,000+ LVNs in Texas remain virtually “untapped” in solving the RN shortage. In partnership with four West Texas hospitals, ASU proposes the development and implementation of a new model of LVN-RN education including: (1) a 50 percent decrease in completion time; (2) didactic content delivered and evaluated through blending of online and printed study modules; (3) clinical experiences at place of employment; (4) paid release time by hospital employer: and (5) adoption of a LVN-RN competency transcript. Evaluation will be done via NCLEX pass rates, satisfaction surveys, graduation data, and cost analyses. Academic and Clinical Partnerships Competition (10, two-year grants) Aalund, Peggy and Irwin, Marsha, Lone Star College - Kingwood in partnership with Kingwood Medical Center Hospital (HCA), Memorial Hermann-The Woodlands, Memorial Hermann-Northeast, Course Redesign for Self-Paced Nursing Students. $298,561. Shortages of nurse educators, student attrition and limited enrollment contribute to the nursing shortage. This project will develop an online, self-paced, precepted, initial licensure RN program to increase student flexibility, extend nurse educators, and increase students’ financial resources. Goals are to redesign curricula, increase clinical capacity, provide a flexible format, and develop work-study partnerships. Phase 1 will include development of modules and hospital partnerships. Phase 2 will finalize online courses and identify students for two cohorts:

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second degree or LVN-RN Transition students. Implementation begins August 2008. Evaluation of results will include participant satisfaction, retention, clinical performance and NCLEX results. Cannon, Sharon and Allen, Patricia, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in partnership with Angelo State University, Midwestern State University, The University of Texas El Paso, West Texas A&M University, Cisco Junior College, El Paso Community College, Midland College, Odessa College, South Plains College, Vernon College, and American State Bank, West Texas Nursing Education Portal Project (WTNEPP) $298,411. Lack of a standardized application for nursing schools results in duplication of applications, vacant admission slots and the inability to utilize resources to assess, track and retain at-risk students. The West Texas Nursing Education Portal Project goals are to develop a central application portal and a Regional Retention Initiative to increase graduation rates for schools in the West Texas Nursing Education Consortium. The project objectives are to match student applications with schools, develop a centralized database, track applicants and develop a central retention portal. Project evaluation will be based on cost, vacant slots, increased enrollments and graduation rates. Diaz, Mary I. and Otto, Debra, The University of Texas - Pan American in partnership with McAllen Medical Center, Edinburg Regional Medical Center, Doctor's Hospital at Renaissance, An Academic Retention Model for Baccalaureate Nursing Students- A Multifaceted Collaboration Approach for the South Texas Region. $278,781. The project will address the question: Does identification of scholastic aptitude serve as an early predictor of success in the nursing curriculum? The goals and objectives are to increase enrollment by 10 percent, identify students risk for incompletion, promote student success, utilize collaborative teaching/clinical preceptors, and increase retention by 20 percent. Project activities will include increasing enrollment by 10 percent, identifying at-risk students, retaining students through remediation, and identifying and remediating failing students. Quantitative and qualitative methodologies will be used to determine if the identification of scholastic aptitude serves as an early academic predictor of success, and whether the remediation program and clinical preceptors added to student success. Etzel, Judy and Hobbins, Bonnie, Lee College in partnership with San Jacinto Methodist Hospital, Streamlined Track of Academics for RN-Transitional at the Work Place: START at the Work Place. $273,144. A community hospital joined forces with the local community college to provide a RN- Transitional program for the LVN staff. Classes will be broadcast to the work site. Hospital staff RN preceptors will work with the students in clinical, supervised by an A.D.N. faculty, serving as a “coach” to facilitate the students’ success. Goals for this project include: (1) Increase the number of students admitted to the RN-Transitional track; (2) Redesign courses to streamline the RN-Transitional degree plan; and (3) Evaluate the effectiveness of the course redesign for

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the degree plan. Course exams, standardized testing and NCLEX-RN pass rate will be used to evaluate the success of these efforts. Fontenot, Debra L. and Durand, Sally, Alvin Community College in partnership with Texas Children's Hospital, Partnership in Academic and Clinical Excellence (PACE). $66,345. Barriers identified to increasing nursing graduates include lack of clinical sites and failure in didactic courses. A model of delivering pediatric course content in a manner that meets course objectives, maximizes student retention, and provides alternative sites for clinical education will be developed. Activities include frontloading of didactic content, providing simulation in the lab, and utilizing acute care and community-based settings for clinical. A lab coordinator will supervise lab and provide remediation. Evaluation methodology includes results of a clinical site survey, student retention rates, and student performance on HESI. Hamilton, Marilyn, Victoria College in partnership with Citizen's Medical Center, University of Houston-Victoria, DeTar Health Care System, Preparing Certified Clinical Instructors. $150,324. One of the main factors contributing to the current nursing shortage is the shortage of nursing faculty. The goal of the Certified Clinical Instructor (CCI) Project is to increase the number of qualified clinical faculty by demonstrating that BSN-prepared nurses with a minimum of three years clinical experience can, with two post-graduate nursing education courses, become qualified to teach Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) students in the clinical setting. These CCIs will provide clinical instruction to ADN students from summer 2008 through spring 2009. These students will be compared to ADN students who are being taught by master’s-prepared clinical instructors from the Victoria College ADN faculty. Evaluation of the project will compare course grades, clinical performance as measured by the clinical evaluation tool, standardized test scores and ultimately NCLEX-RN pass rates of students who receive clinical instruction from specially prepared BSN clinical instructors with those who have master’s-prepared clinical instructors. Klein, Eileen and Ward, Jean, Austin Community College District in partnership with Seton Family of Hospitals, St. David's Healthcare Institute of Learning, and Capital IDEA, Student Tracking and Retention Project (STAR), a Program for Intervention and Retention of At-risk Nursing Students. $196,903. The STAR program will target student attrition to address the increased need for nurses created by facility growth and workforce shortages. Intake assessments/analysis of risk and standardized intervention algorithms will be used to determine and address high risk. Tracking will enable sustained engagement with project students. Tutoring, other interventions, and presentations from diverse and successful nursing role models will improve student determination/retention. Goals/objectives: a 10 percent increase in student retention; a 20 percent increase among more diverse students; and a 10 percent increase in HESI exit exam scores above 800. Program evaluation includes data collection on interventions, student outcomes, and student satisfaction, and identification of best practices.

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Richard, Patricia and Brooke, Virginia, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in partnership with The Methodist Hospital, Statewide Collaborations in Clinical Placement. $219,707. To meet the goals for increasing the number of registered nurses in the workforce, an efficient method of managing clinical placements is essential to increase the capacity for enrollment. In 2007, the Gulf Coast region implemented the Centralized Clinical Placement System (CCPS) to streamline and facilitate the process and identify underutilized clinical placements. Goals of this project include identifying a region for expansion and implementing the CCPS. After selecting a region for expansion of the CCPS, an on-site team will be identified and trained to recruit schools of nursing and clinical agencies, maximizing collaboration and increasing clinical placement availability. Sheriff, Susan and Chaney, Susan, Texas Woman's University in partnership with Baylor University Medical Center–Dallas, Reinventing Nursing Education: An Education and Practice Partnership. $249,777. This project addresses the problem of the Texas nursing shortage. The goals of the project are to increase the number of registered nurses in Texas, enhance the availability of nursing as a career to individuals with a non-nursing-baccalaureate degree through a weekend/online undergraduate nursing program, and demonstrate a partnership between Texas Woman’s University and Baylor University Medical Center (BUMC). The BUMC will provide weekend clinical experiences and nursing faculty. Implementation of the project involves the recruitment, education, and retention of nursing students. Evaluation of the project is the successful graduation and licensure of 20 nursing students by May 2010. Walker, Glenda C., Stephen F. Austin State University in partnership with Angelina College, Kilgore College, Northeast Texas Community College, Panola College, Texarkana College, Trinity Valley Community College, Tyler Junior College, and The University of Texas at Tyler, A Research Model for Identifying and Intervening with At-Risk Nursing Students. $265,970. Nine nursing programs in the Region 4 Nursing Education Consortium will address the problem of attrition. Specific objectives are to develop shared resources, including: (1) a centralized student database which addresses background, academic, and environmental variables; (2) protocols for identifying at-risk students at the point of entry into the partnering programs; (3) standardized intervention protocols for those students; and (4) to assess effectiveness of the intervention protocols in retaining those students. Various intervention modes will be used to address academic and environmental variables related to attrition. These modes will include web-based modules and interactive discussion boards. Quantitative and qualitative data will be used to evaluate program effectiveness.

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Conference on Partnerships (1, two-year grant) Hanley, Mary Anne and Allen, Patricia, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in partnership with South Plains Nursing Education Community Coalition: TTUHSC; Covenant School of Nursing; South Plains College; Lubbock Christian University; American State Bank; WorkSource; University Medical Center; and Covenant Health System, and National League of Nursing, We Can Do It Together: A Mosaic of Partnerships, April 2-4, 2009. $94,809. The three-day conference allows West Texas to share national and regional success stories while highlighting lessons learned from partnerships. Goal 1 is to present findings on intercollegiate and hospital partnerships that have improved graduation rates in initial RN-licensure programs. Invited presentations from partnerships between academic institutions and hospitals resulting in increased enrollment/graduations will be shared. Goal 2 is to provide opportunities for attendees to discuss new ideas for implementing and sustaining these partnerships. Goal 3 is to foster collaboration among all levels of nursing education by “Deep Dives.” The attendees’ post-conference survey results will constitute the evaluation component of the grant.

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Appendix D Joint Faculty Appointments (Fall 2007)

(Univ = other university; CTC = community/technical college, HRI = health-related institution) Universities Total Univ CTC HRI Sum Percent Angelo State University 348 2 2 0 4 1% Lamar University 566 3 17 0 20 4% Midwestern State University 355 5 8 0 13 4% Prairie View A&M University 487 23 49 1 73 15% Sam Houston State University 974 7 36 0 43 4% Stephen F. Austin State University 760 8 10 14 32 4% Sul Ross Rio Grande College 46 0 8 0 8 17% Sul Ross State University 134 1 2 0 3 2% Tarleton State University 576 2 29 0 31 5% Texas A&M International University 296 3 3 0 6 2% Texas A&M University At Galveston 168 30 5 0 35 21% Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 580 5 22 1 28 5% Texas A&M University 3,763 33 37 13 83 2% Texas A&M University-Commerce 574 8 34 0 42 7% Texas A&M University-Texarkana 124 1 14 0 15 12% Texas A&M Univ-Kingsville 451 12 28 0 40 9% Texas Southern University 605 47 75 1 123 20% Texas State University-San Marcos 1,844 16 43 2 61 3% Texas Tech University 2,614 4 13 7 24 1% Texas Woman's University 1,001 29 60 7 96 10% University of Houston-Clear Lake 610 23 35 0 58 10% University of Houston-Downtown 559 58 110 0 168 30% University of Houston-Victoria 156 11 16 0 27 17% University of Texas At Arlington 1,932 20 54 4 78 4% University of Texas At Austin 3,627 21 25 14 60 2% University of Texas At Brownsville 460 5 270 0 275 60% University of Texas At Dallas 858 11 57 2 70 8% University of Texas At El Paso 1,157 3 60 0 63 5% University of Texas At San Antonio 1,501 12 118 7 137 9% University of Texas At Tyler 381 6 22 1 29 8% University of Texas-Pan American 832 9 22 0 31 4% University of Texas-Permian Basin 229 3 18 0 21 9% University of Houston 2,953 63 84 8 155 5% University of North Texas 1,904 43 72 4 119 6% West Texas A&M University 383 1 11 1 13 3% Average 9%

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Community And Technical Colleges Total Univ CTC HRI Sum Percent Alamo Community College Dist 2,465 142 19 5 166 7% Alvin Community College 261 8 25 0 33 13% Amarillo College 420 11 4 0 15 4% Angelina College 302 10 9 0 19 6% Austin Community College 1,646 61 20 1 82 5% Blinn College 570 46 21 0 67 12% Brazosport College 154 4 4 0 8 5% Central Texas College 520 17 28 0 45 9% Cisco Junior College 181 1 4 0 5 3% Clarendon College 77 1 1 0 2 3% Coastal Bend College 152 2 9 0 11 7% College Of The Mainland Community 227 5 28 1 34 15% Collin Co Comm College District 972 52 187 1 240 25% Dallas Co Community College District 3,002 102 320 5 427 14% Del Mar College 535 30 7 0 37 7% El Paso Community College District 1,113 61 0 0 61 5% Frank Phillips College 86 0 3 0 3 3% Galveston College 120 4 10 5 19 16% Grayson County College 175 7 10 0 17 10% Hill College 207 3 21 0 24 12% Houston Community College 1,793 175 210 4 389 22% Howard Co Junior College District 182 2 0 0 2 1% Kilgore College 262 8 16 0 24 9% Lamar Institute Of Technology 156 5 0 1 6 4% Lamar State College-Orange 96 0 0 0 0 0% Lamar State College-Port Arthur 119 7 0 0 7 6% Laredo Community College 300 6 8 0 14 5% Lee College 323 6 43 0 49 15% Lone Star College System District 2,375 137 200 1 338 14% McLennan Community College 376 9 20 0 29 8% Midland College 290 11 2 0 13 4% Navarro College 489 13 70 0 83 17% North Central Texas College 352 40 42 0 82 23% Northeast Texas Comm College 162 8 9 1 18 11% Odessa College 242 8 2 0 10 4% Panola College 120 1 7 0 8 7% Paris Junior College 219 3 8 0 11 5% Ranger College 49 0 1 0 1 2% San Jacinto Community College 943 44 99 1 144 15% South Plains College 373 6 1 0 7 2% South Texas College 703 23 9 0 32 5% Southwest Texas Junior College 210 9 3 0 12 6% Tarrant County College Dist 1,425 51 152 1 204 14% Temple College 245 6 16 0 22 9% Texarkana College 213 4 0 0 4 2% Texas Southmost College 528 261 18 1 280 53%

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Community And Technical Colleges (continued) Total Univ CTC HRI Sum Percent Texas State T. C. Harlingen 211 11 14 0 25 12% Texas State T. C. Marshall 57 1 3 0 4 7% Texas State T. C. Waco 249 2 6 0 8 3% Texas State T. C. West Texas 139 0 1 0 1 1% Trinity Valley Community College 224 4 13 0 17 8% Tyler Junior College 446 17 10 0 27 6% Vernon College 143 4 2 0 6 4% Victoria College, The 173 5 1 0 6 3% Weatherford College 225 3 17 0 20 9% Western Texas College 94 0 2 0 2 2% Wharton County Junior College 266 12 25 0 37 14% Average 9% Health-Related Institutions Total Univ CTC HRI Sum Percent TAMU SYSTEM HLTH SCI CTR 429 11 2 2 15 3% TEXAS TECH UNIV HLTH SCI CTR 819 11 0 0 11 1% THE UT SOUTHWESTRN MED CTR DAL 1,899 7 6 1 14 1% UNT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER 435 4 0 0 4 1% UT HEALTH SCI CENTER-HOUSTON 1,322 8 6 43 57 4% UT HEALTH SCI CTR AT TYLER 94 15 0 0 15 16% UT HEALTH SCIENCE CTR/SA 1,895 10 6 2 18 1% UT M.D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER 1,687 19 2 49 70 4% UT MEDICAL BRANCH GALVESTON 1,268 2 6 5 13 1% Average 4%

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Appendix E Senate Bill 649, 80th Texas Legislature

AN ACT

relating to a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board concerning the

effectiveness of joint partnerships between institutions of higher education.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is amended by adding Section

61.0661 to read as follows:

Sec. 61.0661. STUDY OF JOINT PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER

EDUCATION. (a) The board may conduct a study to determine whether institutions of higher

education, including component institutions of different university systems, may effectively

enter into joint partnership agreements to:

(1) develop joint degree programs and joint research programs;

(2) make joint appointments of faculty or other personnel to the partnership and

to either or both institutions; and

(3) maintain joint facilities for purposes of conducting joint programs described

by Subdivision (1).

(b) If the board conducts a study under Subsection (a), the board shall report to the

legislature concerning the results of the study not later than January 1, 2009. The report must

include the board's recommendations for implementing effective joint partnerships between

institutions of higher education.

(c) The board may take action under this section only to the extent existing resources

are available for that purpose.

(d) This section expires June 1, 2009.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.