Many workforce-development needs, particularly those requiring baccalaureate degrees, remain unmet in some areas of Texas. Employers and students are calling for additional programs to develop workplace skills and to provide opportunities for career advancement. On May 22, 2013, the Texas Legislature approved a bill mandating a study on whether community college baccalaureate degree programs should be expanded in Texas. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board asked the RAND Corporation to partner with the Texas Higher Education Policy Initiative to conduct the study.
Lindsay Daugherty,Charles A. Goldman,Lindsay Butterfield,et al. Assessing the Potential to Expand Community College Baccalaureate Programs in Texas: Executive Summary. 2014-01-01.