TX Education

Baylor University, located in Waco, Texas, was founded in 1845. Baylor is the largest Baptist University in the world. There are 14,000 students at all levels and over 800 faculty members, approximately half of whom are Baptist. The website provides information about the school and its programs, visiting the University, and application procedures.

The Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) is affiliated with the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Its mission is to facilitate internet-based information to, from, and on Latin America. Can be searched by topic and by country. The site also describes research projects being carried out at the Institute.

SMU is a private University of about 11,000 students and 600 faculty located near Dallas. The University was founded in 1911 by the Methodist Church, but is non-sectarian in its teaching. In addition to Arts and Sciences, SMU offers degrees in law, theology, business, and a program in southwest studies. Users can find out about visiting and applying on the website.

Texas A&M, in College Park, in Texas, was founded in 1876 as the State's Land Grant College. Today it is a land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant university. There are over 45,000 students. It is also the home of the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum. The School has graduate programs in veterinary science, business, and architecture, among others. More information on the website.

The University of Texas at Austin, founded in 1883, is one of the largest public universities in the country. It has about 50,000 students--undergraduate and graduate. It is in the Big Twelve Conference in sports. Among its many other resources is the Lyndon Johnson Library and Museum. The website contains information about the school, its programs, application instructions, and visiting.

UTD began as the Graduate Research Center of the Southwest, an outgrowth of Texas Instruments, in 1961 and became part of the UT system in 1969. Today it has 14,000 students and 432 faculty. UTD has 14 national Greek organizations, and in sports, plays in the American Southwest Conference. Information about visiting and applying on the website.