Bill Text: TX HCR27 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulating the nine Texas community colleges named among the nation's top 120 by the Aspen Institute.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-28 - Received from the House [HCR27 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HCR27-Introduced.html
82S11262 BPG-D | ||
By: Weber | H.C.R. No. 27 |
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WHEREAS, Nine Texas community colleges have been ranked in | ||
the top 10 percent of community colleges in the country by the Aspen | ||
Institute; and | ||
WHEREAS, Recognizing 120 schools for their innovative | ||
strategies and exceptional results, the Aspen Institute has named | ||
to its list Alvin Community College in Alvin, Trinity Valley | ||
Community College in Athens, Lee College in Baytown, Blinn College | ||
in Brenham, Texas State Technical College-West Texas in Sweetwater, | ||
Texarkana College in Texarkana, Southwest Texas Junior College in | ||
Uvalde, Victoria College in Victoria, and Wharton County Junior | ||
College in Wharton; the institutions were selected through analysis | ||
of publicly available data with technical support from the National | ||
Center for Higher Education Management Systems and guidance from | ||
the institute's Data/Metrics Advisory Panel; among the criteria | ||
that the institute examined were overall student performance, | ||
improvement, and performance by minority students; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Aspen Institute was founded in 1950 to provide a | ||
forum through which leaders could better understand the human | ||
challenges facing the organizations and communities they serve; the | ||
institute's College Excellence Program highlights institutions | ||
that have achieved high levels of student success, and the schools | ||
named to its list are eligible to compete for the $700,000 Aspen | ||
Prize for Community College Excellence; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Aspen Institute employed a rigorous process to | ||
rate the nation's community colleges, and inclusion in its list of | ||
the top 120 is indeed a prestigious accolade; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas, | ||
1st Called Session, hereby congratulate the Texas community | ||
colleges that were named among the top 120 community colleges in the | ||
nation by the Aspen Institute and extend to all those associated | ||
with these outstanding institutions sincere best wishes for | ||
continued success; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared | ||
for the schools as an expression of high regard by the Texas House | ||
of Representatives and Senate. |