UNT Dallas 2020 Master Plan

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
Recent Growth
In the fall of 2010, UNT Dallas welcomed its first
freshman class, thereby formalizing its transition
to become the only public, accredited four-year
university in the City of Dallas. Within four years,
the College of Law also admitted its first class,
later occupying the historic Municipal Building as
its permanent home downtown.
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) opened a new
station on campus in 2016, enhancing access to
the campus across the broader Dallas region. In
that same year, full-time enrollment jumped to
more than 3,000 students, an increase of over
20 percent over the previous year — a trend of
growth and expansion that continued for several
years. UNT Dallas now has the fastest growing
enrollment of any public university in Texas. With
the recent completion of the Student Center,
approved membership in the National Association
of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), and the
opening of a new residence hall, the university is
rapidly maturing.
Towards the Future
Within a decade, UNT Dallas has emerged to play
a major role in the economic, social, and cultural
vitality of the communities that surround it, and
the broader City of Dallas. In many ways the
university is a model for a new urban institution,
committed to affordable educational attainment
and career readiness. The university's 2019
Pathways to the Future strategic plan envisions
continued growth, and a campus that provides
students with a complete college experience. The
plan outlines the following mission, vision, values,
and goals for the next ten-to-twenty years.
The UNT Dallas College of Law celebrates moving into the historic Dallas Municipal Building, the former
Dallas City Hall, in 2019 following a $71 million dollar renovation. (Source: UNT Dallas)
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