Texas A&M University on Right Track to Help U.S. Stay Competitive

Lisa Hanna
Vice President, Communications
Council on Competitiveness
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New Initiative will double school’s enrollment of engineering majors by 2025

Washington, D.C. – The Council on Competitiveness applauds a new initiative by Texas A&M University, which today announced it is aiming to double its enrollment in the school’s Dwight Look College of Engineering from 11,000 to 25,000 students by 2025.

Texas A&M’s 25 by 25 initiative comes in response to recommendations by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) that U.S. universities produce a million more STEM graduates over the next decade.

“This is exactly the kind of bold move that is critical to training and preparing the skilled workforce we so desperately need to maintain our competitive edge in the global economy,” said Deborah L. Wince-Smith, President & CEO, Council on Competitiveness.

“I congratulate Chancellor John Sharp for his vision and leadership on A&M’s 25 by 25 initiative,” Wince-Smith continued, “and I look forward to tracking and sharing the outcome of how this new program will engage students and meet the future needs of the engineering marketplace.”

Texas A&M’s plan to recruit and educate a new crop of engineers includes transforming the learning experience by integrating hands-on opportunities at all levels and by reaching out to P-12 instruction to incorporate problem-solving content more relevant to engineering.

The university is also developing partnerships with community colleges to increase the number of transfer students prepared to meet the challenging engineering curriculum at Texas A&M.

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