Cooling failures in Wake County and Houston are disrupting classrooms as districts elsewhere commit millions of dollars to repairs or confront large deferred-maintenance backlogs.
Gov. Greg Abbott has directed state higher-education officials to develop a framework for accelerated bachelor’s degrees aimed at reducing college costs and moving students into high-demand fields sooner.
The university says the satellite instructional site requires dedicated facility and administrative resources even though most students enrolled there also take courses online or at the main campus.
The eight-story Law & Education Building is the first completed academic facility on Texas A&M’s new downtown Fort Worth campus, which is being developed as part of the emerging Switchyard Innovation District.
