Texas State Technical College
Subtitle: the vision, the leaders, the heart : 50 years of changing lives and building Texas, 1965-2015
By: by Marlene S. McMichael
Publisher: The Donning Company Publishers
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Virginia Beach, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781578649440
Subjects: History; Technical education; Texas State Technical College System
Description: "Texas State Technical College (TSTC), along with its individual campuses, has transitioned through a series of names in the fifty years since the 59th Texas Legislature passed legislation creating the state's first post-secondary school focused on vocational and technical training. James Connally Air Force Base became home to the James Connally Technical Institute of Texas A&M University in 1965. Connally Tech was renamed Texas State Technical Institute (TSTI) in 1969 and separated from Texas A&M University. Finally, in 1991, the 72nd Legislature acknowledged TSTI's growth to multiple campuses and recognized the institute as a full college system with a new name, Texas State Technical College. Texas State Technical College (TSTC) is the only state-supported, two-year technical college system in Texas and one of the largest two-year residential colleges in the nation. Highly customized programs in new and emerging technologies are offered at eleven locations across Texas, to include Abilene, Breckenridge, Brownwood, Fort Bend County, Harlingen, Hutto, Ingleside, Marshall, Red Oak, Sweetwater, and Waco. This book details the fifty-year history of the institution"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-143).
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Chancellor Michael L. Reeser; title: From the author; title: Preamble / Colonel James T. Connally; title: Four Army airfields; title: A governor's vision; title: The making of a technical institute; title: Expansion to stability; title: Refocus and redesign; title: Vision, a portal to the future; title: Training a workforce; title: Changed lives; title: Excellence through leadership.