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Texas higher educati
DALLAS (AP) — Texas boasts
140 public and private colleges and
universities, but only one in five
Texans holds a bachelor’s or grad
uate degree.
Lt. Gov. Rick Perry hopes to im
prove those numbers through the
Special Commission on 21st Cen
tury Colleges and Universities.
Perry yesterday announced for
mation of the 15-member panel,
which will examine workforce
needs and demographic changes
and search for ways to prepare col
leges and universities.
“1 don't think there's been the
type of focus on higher education
that it deserves,” P^erry said during
a news conference at El Centro Col
lege in downtown Dallas. “We
have a good system. We have great
universities. It can be better.”
The group, composed of Texas
Railroad Commissioner Tony
Garza, four state senators and 10
private citizens, will hold hearings
throughout the state starting next
month and issue a report to the
Legislature by Nov. 1,2000.
“We have a good
system. We have
great universities.
It can be better.^
— Rick Perry
Texas lieutenant governor
In the past 30 years, only two
studies of higher education have
taken place in Texas, Perry said.
During the last study, in 1987, the
timing was bad because the state’s
economy was weak, he said.
"1 think we have a window of
opportunity in this sel
said. “1 don’t knowwhe
dow closes. I don’t
squander that.”
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West called the com
goals “visionary.”
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at its institutions ofhigti
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Corpus Christi; SenateL
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Amarillo and Senate
Commission Chair Bill!
Mount Pleasant.
During the 76th Leg
session, which endedi
lawmakers created a Sift
scholarship program toh
Texans attend college.
They also set asiden
billion for higher educa
the next two years.
Bush defends service recoi
AUSTIN (AP) — The former speaker of the Texas
House of Representatives said yesterday that he called
the head of the Texas Air National Guard in 1968 to rec
ommend Republican presidential front runner George
W. Bush for a pilot slot during the Vietnam War.
But Ben Barnes, who later was lieutenant gover
nor, said the request for his help came from a Bush
family friend — not Bush or his father, who then was
a congressman.
The Texas governor, meanwhile, insisted again that
neither he nor his father sought such assistance when
he joined the Guard.
“I can tell you what happened — nothing hap
pened,” Bush said at a campaign appearance south of
Houston. “My Guard unit was looking for pilots, and
I flew for the Guard.
“I’m proud of my service, and any allegation that my
dad asked for special favors is simply not true. I didn’t
ask anybody to help get me to the Guard, either.”
Barnes has been at the center of questions about
Bush’s Vietnam-era service for several weeks.
His name surfaced in a lawsuit filed in federal court
in Dallas by the former executive directorolLl |
Lottery. Lawrence Littwin has sued GTECHCa
lottery operator, alleging that the company is mj
for his firing in 1997, after four monthsom
“I'm proud of my service,
and any allegation that my
dad asked for special favors
is simply not true."
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GTECH, Barnes and Bush.
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Mark Your Calendar Now
for the October 7
Academic Convocation
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All members of the Texas A&M family—students, faculty,
staff and friends of the University—are encouraged to
attend this special celebration of academic excellence at
3 p.m., Thursday, October 7, in Rudder Theater, with a
reception immediately following in Rudder Exhibit Hall.
This year's convocation is dedicated to honoring faculty
members who have received recognition through
the university.
A special address
will be delivered by
Peter Magrath,
president of the
National Association of
State Universities and
Land-Grant Colleges.
October
Plan to Attend!
October 7
3 p.m.
Rudder Theater
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October 14, 1999
8:00 p.m.
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