downward expansion

In 2014 the first freshman and sophomore students were welcomed at UHCL, and now those inaugural freshmen have completed their four years of higher education and will walk across the stage to receive their degrees on May 20.

The university is planning the construction of a new STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) academic building that will provide more room for the growing student body and fulfill a need for sufficient space to house classrooms…

We’ve been good sports about this whole downward expansion thing. As juniors and seniors, we’ve embraced our new, big-sibling roles and played along.

UHCL President William Staples addressed faculty and staff about budget cuts, downward expansion, and campus accomplishments Sept. 26.

Since tuition in the State of Texas was deregulated in 2003, tuition and fees for undergraduates at the University of Houston-Clear Lake have increased 65 percent. For graduate and professional programs it has gone up even higher.

Folks, brace yourselves because this may be the only coverage that The Signal gives the Astros this year. In a few words, they’re terrible.

With the approval of downward expansion from Texas legislation over the summer, the University of Houston-Clear Lake could see freshman students taking classes here by fall 2014.