Medical School in the Valley

Posted by Team Dewhurst - Mon, December 28, 2009 at 02:53 PM

Officials of the University of Texas System have begun long-term planning for a medical school in the Rio Grande Valley.

William Powers, president of UT-Austin, said, "We've got to be out in front on this. South Texas needs a great campus, at some point a medical school and a law school."

Read more about the higher-education expansion plans for the Valley here.

 

Comments

#1. Posted by jordan on December 29, 2009

Sounds like a great idea. This is only one part of improving our higher education, though - we need to increase the # of Tier 1 schools. Texas has 3 - California has 9.

#2. Posted by Hillary Brown on January 03, 2010

I think a school in the Valley is a good goal!

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