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UTB-CBIRD Report: “At The Crossroads” Education & Training 59 Closing the Gaps Through Regional Cooperation Working with Texas A&M Laredo, TSTC Harlingen acquired $1 million/year for two years from a local Bond Issue to provide start-up funding to launch two successful programs in Diesel Mechanics and Computer Drafting and Design. TSTC also has three-year partnership with Laredo Community College to provide technical programs. TSTC has signed cooperative agreements with area universities --- including UT- Arlington, UT-Pan American, Texas A&M Kingsville, and UT-Brownsville/Texas Southmost College --- to facilitate the transition of TSTC graduates into bachelor degree programs. The goal is to increase the number of Hispanic students in higher education and to foster access to career growth opportunities. UTB/TSC and TSTC have signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) – where TSTC can use UTB/TSC’s Brownsville facilities to offer technology programs such as CAD/drafting and UTB/TSC can use TSTC facilities to teach in Harlingen. It costs TSTC about $500,000 to start a new technology program even when using existing facilities. These costs include purchasing needed computer and other equipment, faculty training, administrative costs and there is a delay of about 3 years before contact hour funds, to run the program, start to flow from the state. In short, without start-up funds it is very difficult for TSTC to offer new and needed programs in cutting-edge technology areas for Harlingen much less Brownsville or Laredo. TSTC Harlingen, supported by TSTC’s Chancellor’s Office, is working with CBIRD (Cross Border Institute for Regional Development) in cooperation with IC² Institute, The University of Texas at Austin; Valley telecommunication businesses; the City of Harlingen; and Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District to expand educational and health service information and computer access to all community residents. TSTC Harlingen is also working with the Spaceport efforts of Willacy County to become one of Texas’ new recoverable space vehicle launch sites. Closing the Gaps Through Entrepreneurship Thanks to the entrepreneurial initiative of Cindy Vasquez, counselor for TSTC’s Economic Development and Industrial Training Department, The Harlingen Lions Club sponsored the purchase of eyeglasses for 33 students at TSTC. All the students were displaced workers and Harlingen residents. TSTC has developed the innovative concept of Training Centers where industry partners and major area manufacturers donate used and new equipment. Both TSTC and the Industry Partners use the “Training Centers” as laboratories and as classrooms as employee and dealer training facilities – saving the manufacturer the cost of training facilities and saving TSTC the cost of purchasing equipment needed for faculty and student training. Closing the Gaps through Binational Cooperation In 1991 TSTC signed an agreement with the Coordinacion Estatal de Educacion Tecnologica Industrial de Tamaulipas to initiate activities with the Tamaulipas technical high school system for faculty to take short courses in technical areas at TSTC as well as to encourage student and faculty exchange. The majority of TSTC faculty and staff are bilingual/bicultural and courses developed for Mexican faculty are taught in Spanish. In 1996 TSTC signed an agreement with Secretaria de Educacion Publica (SEP) Direccion General de Educacion One Region -- One Future “I’ve never had glasses before. I knew I needed them… We were both having trouble seeing the blackboard… Since we got our glasses our grades are much better. We are very grateful.” Manuel Dorado speaking for himself and his wife, both TSTC students TSTC Mustang Messenger August 2002
UTB-CBIRD Report: “At The Crossroads” Education & Training 60 Tecnologico Y Industrial for Mexico to expand these ties throughout Mexico’s school system. In 1994 TSTC signed an agreement with the Centro Educativo Bilingue La Paz in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon to help develop and implement an administrative assistant option for high school students including exchange visits of faculty and staff. In 1999 an agreement was signed with the Colegio de Estudio Scientifico y Tecnologico (CESyT) del Estado de Nuevo Leon which established exchange activities with the state’s system of nine technical high schools. TSTC assisted the CESyT in developing an aviation mechanics program for its campus in Apodaca (near Monterrey’s airport) and technical training for CESyT faculty. In 2001 an agreement was signed with the ENLACE (technical high school system) Estado de Coahuila establishing a framework for activities between the 18 state schools and TSTC including short courses in English and technical training for faculty. Most recently TSTC has been working to establish relationships with the Universidades Tecnologicas located in Matamoros and Reynosa. This national system of 48 schools, throughout Mexico, provides two-year degrees in technical fields at the same grade level as TSTC. TSTC will partner with these educational institutions in both Matamoros and Reynosa and encourage the exchange of faculty and students. TSTC Harlingen: At the Crossroads Important challenges facing TSTC Harlingen are: ⇒ Institute full Contact Hour Formula Funding for technical programs. Current Reduced Formula Funding rates make it extremely difficult for TSTC to o Launch new and needed technology programs o Retain and attract quality faculty to teach technology programs ⇒ Retaining, recruiting, and training quality faculty: o TSTC Harlingen faculty salaries are below salaries paid to community college faculty across the state 1 ⇒ Developing new and needed technical programs that will benefit TSTC students and the economic base of Cameron County and state: o TSTC needs start-up funds to maintain and improve technical programs with needed computer and other equipment needed for instruction o TSTC needs a “New Technical Program Development Fund” at the state level to help regional Texas economies be nationally and globally competitive o TSTC continually upgrades its computer and information technologies (CIT) 2 ; however, it is not possible to donate discarded computers or other (CIT) equipment to Mexican schools since Texas law stipulates that such surplus items be auctioned and/or given to Texas prisons 1 Community Colleges have a regional tax base for funding support in addition to tuition. TSTC funding is based on the total number of student/faculty contact hours in class and a State funding formula that provides just 60-to-80% of needed funding. 2 TSTC’s Digital Imaging Technology program has 3 labs with Apple G4 Computers available for advanced coursework. Specs: 512 MB memory, G4 dual processor with 800 Mhz, 80 GB hard drive; DVD-R/CD-RW media drive, 17” Flat screen monitor; NVDA GeForce2 Accelerated video card; running Mac OS X and OS 9. TSTC’s Department of Computer Drafting & Design Technology uses: Dell Precision 340 Workstation, 1.8 GHz, P4, Windows 2000 SP2, 19” flat panel 2x256, RIMM, Ram bus Memory 40GB Hard Drive, 3.5 Floppy, 250M Zip. Una Region -- Un Futuro
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CAMERON COUNTY/MATAMOROS AT THE CRO
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⇒ Top Five User Requirements 1. I
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Duca, John V. and Mine K. Yucel.
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Rylander, Carol Keeton. Texas Regio
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PROJECT PARTNERS
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