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UTB-CBIRD Report: “At The Crossroads” Education & Training 70
Workforce Training and Continuing Education at UTB/TSC
The University as an economic engine helps the future of the region. Of all
the different industries the community has as manufacturing, agriculture,
trade, the Port, or any other business and industry, none of those can
impact a community by themselves without an educated population.
Juliet Garcia
UTB/TSC President
Interview, 2002
The UTB/TSC partnership is designed to address on-going community needs. In
addition to degree production at all levels, the cross-border region requires that
UTB/TSC maintain and develop an active Workforce Training and Continuing
Education (WTCE) program. WTCE programs are specifically designed to
address non-degree seeking educational and training needs across the
community.
Over the period 1999 to 2002, WTCE enrollment at UTB/TSC has grown by 78%,
from 5,900 to 13,200 students. During the same period, WTCE program growth
has increased by 85% from 28 programs in 1999 to 52 in 2002. While the
WTCE budget has increased by 18% in the past four years, revenues have
increased by 70% during the same period. The exponential growth experienced
by UTB/TSC’s Workforce Training and Continuing Education program, 1999-
2002, indicates the magnitude of the unmet need in the community and crossborder
region of South Texas.
UTB/TSC’s Int’l Technology, Education & Commerce Campus (ITEC)
Dream with me… dream with us… We have recently acquired a retired
shopping mall which includes a 550,000 square foot building, located on
approximately 60 acres of land with about 3100 parking spaces. At the
current rate of development It would take more than 20 years to develop
the current campus to the size of the mall space that was acquired in a
single acquisition. This acquisition almost doubles the current physical
space on campus. At the former Amigoland Mall location UTB/TSC will
create an International Technology Center and co-locate
federal/state/local economic development activities for “one stop
shopping” and provide flexible training space and incubate new crossborder
businesses..
Tony Zavaleta
VP for External Affairs, UTB
June 26, 2002
In 2002 UTB/TSC acquired the Amigoland Mall property now known as the
International Technology, Education and Commerce Campus (ITEC). UTB/TSC is
developing a comprehensive plan for the approximately 600,000 sq. ft. facility to
focus on International trade and emerging technology sector jobs using publicprivate
partnerships. The envisioned plan, which will evolve over the next
several years, includes the following components:
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