The Stephen F. Austin State University Board of Regents is considering whether the nearly 12,000-student university in East Texas should join a larger university system, and at least three systems across the state are expressing interest about becoming a new home for the currently unaffiliated school.
The university, in Nacogdoches, will spend this fall considering the benefits of joining a system, according to a slide presentation shown to faculty and staff at a meeting last week, which was first reported by news stations KLTV and KTRE and CBS19 in Tyler.
The goal is to make the decision before the next legislative session starts in January. State lawmakers must pass legislation allowing a university to leave or join a system.
