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From 1950 through the 1960s, Texas modernized and dramatically expanded its system of higher education. Under the leadership of Governor Connally, the state produced a long-range plan for higher education, a more rational distribution of resources, and a central state apparatus that managed state institutions with greater efficiency.
During the 1950s, it was the largest state junior college in the Southwest, and it grew to be the 5th largest state-supported college or university in Texas by 1959. During the 1950s, enrollment in courses in the arts and sciences, business, and engineering grew substantially. The college ended its agriculture program altogether in 1957.
1950 Closed in 1957 Si Tanka-Huron University: Huron: South Dakota: 2004 Closed in 2005 University of South Dakota - Springfield: Springfield: South Dakota: 1982 Closed in 1984 Southern Idaho College of Education: Albion: Idaho: 1950 Closed in 1951 Sue Bennett College: London: Kentucky: 1997 Closed in 1997 [Ex 18] Tarkio College: Tarkio ...
In 2020, the University of Texas at Austin postponed its in-person commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Graduates waited 16 months for the official graduation ceremony, which finally took place in 2021 at the Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. [74] [83] [84]
[200] [201] Bryan Samuel, former Kansas State University chief diversity and inclusion officer, became vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion in March 2021. [202] In May of that year, Davis Hall was renamed the University Administration Building; it had been named for former university administrator and eugenics advocate Edward E ...
Public schools in Texas now have the option to use a new, state-written curriculum infused with Bible stories after the state’s school board voted in favor of the material on Friday.. A slim ...
The Higher Education Act of 1965 set up federal scholarships and low-interest loans for college students, and subsidized better academic libraries, ten to twenty new graduate centers, several new technical institutes, classrooms for several hundred thousand students, and twenty-five to thirty new community colleges a year. A separate education ...
The Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s and 1960s helped publicize the inequities of segregation. In 1954, the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education unanimously declared that separate facilities were inherently unequal and unconstitutional. By the 1970s segregated districts had practically vanished in the South.