The SFA Board of Regents is expected to decide whether to join a system before the end of the semester. The Texas A&M, Texas State, Texas Tech and University of Texas systems have all expressed interest in adding the Nacogdoches school to their folds.
For the past few months, Stephen F. Austin State University has been speed dating.
SFA is one of just two public universities in Texas that are not part of a system. The other is Texas Southern University, the historically Black university in Houston. “Some were more specific than others,” he said at a faculty senate meeting last week. “We’re trying to develop sort of a more across-the-board, apples-to-apples comparison in certain areas … so we know the real meaning behind some of the verbiage.”
The Texas A&M University System envisioned a new state-of-the-art building for SFA’s forestry program and floated SFA as a potential branch location for some of the system’s agencies, like the Texas Division of Emergency Management. They emphasized a focus on health science education programs and included a reminder that A&M already manages SFA’s investments.
Faculty say there is a feeling of tempered excitement around campus at the potential of joining a system. But there is also a campaign within the Nacogdoches community against the idea. An ad in the local newspaper, The Daily Sentinel, says “Join a system? Bad for you. Bad for SFA.” A button that says “Get the facts Jacks,”that says it’s critical SFA maintain independence and control and characterizes the offers as “weak” and claims faculty will lose their jobs.
A survey of faculty released in January showed that 73% supported joining a system. The survey was taken during a tumultuous period at SFA. In April, former President Scott Gordon and the board, less than a year after the board sparked outrage when they gave Gordon an $85,000 pay raise as the school navigated enrollment drops related to COVID-19.
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