Tex. Educ. Code § 87.502 · Subchapter F. TEXAS A&M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
COURSES AND DEGREES; RULES; JOINT APPOINTMENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board, with the approval of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, may prescribe courses leading to customary degrees as are offered at leading American educational institutions and may award those degrees.
(b) The degrees offered by the institution may include baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degrees and their equivalents.
(c) A new department, school, or degree program may not be instituted without the prior approval of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
(d) The board shall adopt other rules for the operation, control, and management of Texas A&M International University as may be necessary for the institution to be a first-class institution of higher education.
(e) The board may make joint faculty appointments in Texas A&M International University and in other institutions under its governance. The salary of a person who receives a joint appointment shall be apportioned to the appointing institution on the basis of services rendered.
(f) The board, with the approval of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, may contract with the governing board of another general academic teaching institution, as defined by Section 61.003 of this code, or with the governing board of a college or university in Mexico and Canada, to offer joint degree programs.
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History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 105, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 3, 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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