With all the new alliances between UTA and other area colleges and universities, maybe it's time for a fresh campus slogan. It's not just in Arlington any more. UTA professors and courses can now be found in places as remote as Waco and as close as East Dallas. Professor Robert Bing has a long commute when he heads out to teach his Institutional Corrections course each week-all the way to Waco. There, an arrangement with McLennan Community College offers local students the chance to earn a full four-year degree without leaving their hometown.
Many students there are area-bound.
So we're taking courses in criminology and criminal justice as well as business administration to them. Students complete their associate's degree through McLennan Community College, then transfer into one of the UTA programs. We haven't developed this sort of partnership before with a school so far away, but I think we'll be doing it more in the future. We're also discussing expanding the Criminology and Criminal Justice Program to Weatherford Community College soon. On the drive down I-35, Dr. Bing contemplates the upcoming lecture and the class discussions that will follow.