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New Web Resource Offers Updates on UT Brownsville Transition

AUSTIN – The University of Texas System today (March 8) announced a new web resource that will provide regular updates on the transition of The University of Texas at Brownsville to a free-standing, four-year institution.

The microsite, which will be maintained by the UT System, will provide timely information on developments at UT Brownsville as well as background materials and a section designed to answer common questions about the university’s separation from Texas Southmost College.

In November 2010, the UT System Board of Regents voted to dissolve the 20-year partnership between the two institutions, citing a need to better serve students in the lower Rio Grande Valley. UT Brownsville currently is redesigning an infrastructure to meet governance, administrative, faculty and programmatic needs. Students will begin enrolling to the institutions separately for the 2013-14 academic year.

About The University of Texas System
The University of Texas System is one of the nation's largest higher education systems, with nine academic universities and six health institutions. The UT System has an annual operating budget of $13.1 billion (FY 2012) including $2.3 billion in sponsored programs funded by federal, state, local and private sources. Preliminary student enrollment exceeded 215,000 in the 2011 academic year. The UT System confers more than one-third of the state's undergraduate degrees and educates nearly three-fourths of the state's health care professionals annually. With roughly 87,000 employees, the UT System is one of the largest employers in the state.