Post by pavel on Jan 15, 2016 21:53:14 GMT -6
Defying some lawmakers who are urging it to slow down and reconsider, the University of Texas System on Friday completed the purchase of 100 vacant acres for a new campus in Houston.
The site won't be home to a new university, system officials have said, but will be a research and study site for its 14 existing universities and medical schools. The system eventually hopes to own more than 300 acres in southwest Houston but will need to buy other tracts before the site is complete.
Chancellor Bill McRaven announced plans for the Houston campus in November, saying he wanted to increase the system's presence in the state's biggest city. The idea immediately incited outrage from University of Houston officials and some local lawmakers concerned the UT System would be infringing on UH's territory.
The UH System Board of Regents approved a resolution expressing "concern" about the move. Nineteen state legislators wrote a letter to McRaven asking him to slow down and work with local leaders before making a purchase.
Read more: www.texastribune.org/2016/01/15/its-eyes-new-campus-ut-system-buys-houston-land/
The site won't be home to a new university, system officials have said, but will be a research and study site for its 14 existing universities and medical schools. The system eventually hopes to own more than 300 acres in southwest Houston but will need to buy other tracts before the site is complete.
Chancellor Bill McRaven announced plans for the Houston campus in November, saying he wanted to increase the system's presence in the state's biggest city. The idea immediately incited outrage from University of Houston officials and some local lawmakers concerned the UT System would be infringing on UH's territory.
The UH System Board of Regents approved a resolution expressing "concern" about the move. Nineteen state legislators wrote a letter to McRaven asking him to slow down and work with local leaders before making a purchase.
Read more: www.texastribune.org/2016/01/15/its-eyes-new-campus-ut-system-buys-houston-land/