Abbott says Texas needs more research universities, though plan to get there fuzzy
Gov.-elect Greg Abbott says he’s bothered by Texas’ absence from lists of top public universities — and wants to do something about it.
While Abbott has proposed a 25-percent increase in the state’s support of a fund that helps Texas schools attract outside research grants, that move alone only would spread $40 million over the next two years among 10 campuses.
Abbott, though, sounds as if he has even bigger ambitions.
“One of the areas that disturbs me is the fact that five of the top 10 public universities in the country are from California, with none being from Texas,” he said at a Monday news conference in Austin. “We will begin the process of ensuring that we elevate some of Texas’ elite colleges and universities into the top 10 nationally.”
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