The link list below is made up of information sources that I believe might be useful to us.  Check back often -- as I find online documents and websites that look like they might have some value, I will add them to this list.

Note that you may NOT cite statistics out of any consulting sorts of reports; you MUST cite original sources. E.g., cite US Census for population and demographics, not a chamber of commerce or real estate website.  Note that organizations often write reports that have a self-interest, and consultants often write reports that are made to stroke a client's hopes and wishes.  Note that you should even be a little bit suspicious when you read government agency reports.  I have seen labor statistics from county reports that do not match state reports, which themselves are opposed to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (where one shows happy growth and the other shows sad decline) -- politics get played by employees who work for appointees who work for someone who wants to get re-elected.

• Texas A&M University-Texarkana
  • about
  • Role, Scope, and Mission
  • Gateway to the Future (outside consulting report)
  • Shaping the Future (outside consulting report)
  • SACS Accreditation Reaffirmation (ca. 2006)
    • Document Directory

• Texas A&M University System
  Information regarding how the system and individual member schools are governed. 

• The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB)
  • Education Code re. role of THECB
  • Texas A&M University-Texarkana Mission Statement
  • Texas A&M University-Texarkana Enrollments, 1996
  • Higher Education Enrollments on Track for 2015 Participation Goal
  • Faculty Salaries
  • Higher Education Locator Map
  • Program Inventory
  • Texas Public University Cost Study

• Texas Higher Education Data
  Maintained by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
  • Comparison of Enrollments
  • Universities Performance
  • Facilities Inventory
  • List of Institutions

• Texas Comptroller's Office
  • Where the Money Goes
    A little confusing to use at first: Click on "State Agency Search" --> year --> agency.  E.g., select 2008 and then select Texas A&M University-Texarkana in the query boxes.  Note that you have to use the arrow boxes to move a selection from the left box to the right box.
  • Texas EDGE - economic information / data

• Texas Legislature
  • Texas Education Code
    • Chapter 55, financing permanent improvements - including funding for Bringle Lake buidings
    • Chapter 62, division of appropriated funds - funding for particular campuses
    • Chapter 87, establishment of universities in the Texas A&M University System

• TexarkanaMSA.org - local research portal with links to sources of information / data

• SyKronix - marketing research portal with links to sources of information / data

  I own TexarkanaMSA and SyKronix and don't notice link rot until I use them myself.  Let me know if either has a dead link to something that you need and I'll try to get it fixed in a day or so.