HomeMy WebLinkAbout020434 RES - 08/30/1988A RESOLUTION
SUPPORTING LEGISLATION CONVERTING CORPUS CHRISTI STATE
UNIVERSITY TO A FOUR -YEAR -PLUS COMPREHENSIVE UNIVERSITY OF
HIGHER EDUCATION.
WHEREAS, the City Council has previously passed a resolution to
support legislation organizing Corpus Christi State University as a four-year
institution of higher education and authorizing a study of the higher education
needs of the South Texas region; and
WHEREAS, the Trustees and Regents of the University of South Texas
System and of the Texas A & M System have agreed to study the feasibility of
merging the USST System and the Texas A & M System; and
WHEREAS, the Del Mar Board of Regents by resolution adopted on
July 12, 1988, resolved to support the expansion of educational opportunities in
South Texas through the creation of Texas A & M University or University of
Texas at Corpus Christi as a quality seven-year institution of higher learning,
including additional Masters programs and Ph.D., post -graduate research, and
professional level programs, while adopting enforceable safeguards to continue
Del Mar College as a well -funded, nationally recognized community college
offering academic, vocational, and adult education programs; and
WHEREAS, the members of the City Council share and endorse the broad
vision of higher education in South Texas exemplified by the foregoing
resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the City Council supports:
1. The conversion of Corpus Christi State University into a comprehensive
university, having four years of undergraduate study, additional Masters
programs, doctoral programs, post -graduate research, and professional level
programs; and
2. The adoption of enforceable safeguards to continue Del Mar College as a
well -funded, nationally recognized community college offering academic,
vocational, and adult educational programs; and
3. The support of Texas A & I University in achieving its educational goals by
helping it obtain additional masters and doctoral programs, post -graduate
research, and professional level programs; and
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4. The encouragement of having a Texas A & M presence in South Texas by
merging the USST System and the Texas A & M System.
ATTEST:
City Secretary
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APPROVED:/M DAY OF %ugus-/ , 1988
HAL GEORGE, CITY ATTORNEY(/
By
Assista t City Attorney
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THE CI - OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
The above resolution
Betty N. Turner
David Berlanga, Sr.
Leo Guerrero
Clif Moss
Bill Pruet
Mary Rhodes
Frank Schwing, Jr.
Mary Pat Slavik
Linda Strong
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