NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY COULD GET A CAMPUS IN MEXICO. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS THE LEGISLATURE PASSED SENATE BILL 314, WHICH ALLOWS NMSU TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT TO OPEN A CAMPUS IN SAN LUIS POTOSI. THE GOVERNOR HAS NOT SIGNED IT SO FAR.
TUITION WOULD BE 15 PERCENT HIGHER THAN WHAT’S PAID AT THE LAS CRUCES CAMPUS … WITH THE UNIVERSITY GETTING A 12 PERCENT CUT OF THE REVENUE. THE NAME OF THE CAMPUS WOULD BE NMSU’S COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, CONSUMER AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES.
BUT NOT EVERYONE LIKES THE IDEA. GALISTEO STATE REP MATTHEW MCQUEEN, A DEMOCRAT, SAYS IT SOUNDS LIKE NMSU IS GETTING INTO BRANDING OF A FOR-PROFIT UNIVERSITY.
