Invest In Texas' Future: Four Ways to Support Our Universities and Our State

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  • 7/29/2019 Invest In Texas' Future: Four Ways to Support Our Universities and Our State

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    $1MILLION match for ever$10MILLION in external research fundin

    20%

    of Texas public university

    students are educated each

    year by UT-Austin and

    Texas A&M-College Station.

    RESTORE FORMULA-FUNDING CUTS STABILIZE LONG-TERM FUNDING TO

    INVEST IN

    TEXAS FUTURE$ $

    cut in

    2011

    $92MILLIONUT$72MILLION A&M IMPROVE EFFICIENCY LOWER COSTS INCREASETRANSPARENCY

    FROM

    FROM

    KEEP UT AND A&M COMPETITIVE

    KEEP UT AND A&M AFFORDABLE

    A&M:Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) Facility

    UT:Engineering Education and Research Center

    APPROVE STRATEGIC CAPITAL INVESTMENTS FOR TWO CRITICAL RESEARCH CENTERS

    new state tax revenue (tuition revenue bond)

    $

    19.1MILLION$

    95MILLION TRB4,000NEW JOBS (tuition revenue bond)$

    80MILLION TRBin nation1OF4 infectious diseasesRESEARCH

    INCENTIVIZE RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY WITH THE

    COMPETITIVE KNOWLEDGE FUND

    FAILING TO MAKE CRUCIAL STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS COULD LEAD TO:

    losing top students and faculty, increased class sizes,

    reduced access to advisors, lower four-year graduation rates,

    and slower economic growth

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