The NEXT IS NOW Campaign

We are driving what’s NEXT

Elevating Student Success and Running to R1 are what’s NEXT for Texas State University

Our Run to R1 and Student Success goals are driving the NEXT IS NOW campaign priorities:

• Provide more students entry to college and retention support from scholarships and student success enrichment resources.

• Fund construction and renovation of campus facilities, like the new music building, to match the caliber of students and faculty we are recruiting.

• Strengthen our research capabilities and teaching support with increased Ph.D. graduates to be designated as a national research university.

• Elevate our football program and renovate the Football Performance Center to enhance our overall student-athlete experience to put us on par with our peers in the state of Texas and nationally.

Texas State is about giving people the opportunity to improve not just their lives but their family’s future.”

Teaching and research are two sides of the same academic coin. Texas State University is committed to applied research that matters, and research professors are not merely the disseminators of knowledge, but the creators of new knowledge. They incorporate their discoveries (and the process of discovery) into course materials, teaching students valuable critical thinking skills. Students who are immersed in rich research environments are better prepared for successful careers, they graduate on time, and they get jobs.

TXST has already surpassed one of the three key metrics required to achieve R1 – research expenditures. Research expenditures in FY2022 exceeded $110 million, which is comparable to other Carnegie R1 institutions in the country. However, making progress in the other two required metrics (increasing Ph.D. graduates and post-docs) requires immediate action to stay on target for 2027 and conform with graduation deadlines.

Doing More With More

Doing more is essential to catapult TXST to the NEXT level in our teaching and research mission. Our Run to R1 achievement will not only increase our Ph.D. graduates and post-docs, but it will also:

• Bring more resources to the university.

• Expand degree offerings.

• Attract high quality students.

• Increase the number of assistantships for students.

• Make our graduates more competitive in the job market.

• Attract high quality research faculty who will provide students with expanded opportunities to engage in research.

• Increase the value of a TXST degree.

Most of the improvements we strive to make require significant funding, achieving “more with more” requires us to have more revenue and resources, and NEXT IS NOW is designed to help inspire and secure the investments to bring that vision to life.