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The list below provides additional key outcomes of the project:
* TTI and LAUP worked together to modify the Certificate in Transportation Planning
Program Description and Degree Requirements to include a fourth focus, Transit
Management.
* LAUP sent the revised Graduate Certificate in Transportation Planning Program
Description and Degree Requirements to University Senate for approval June 15, 2012.
* The focus area development process engaged the interest from multiple academic
departments at Texas A&M University.
* The Transit Management focus area provides the only formal academic curriculum
in public transportation in Texas (there are very few total in the United States).
* The framework for the focus area is suitable for future continuing education
opportunities among mid-career professionals.
* The multidisciplinary nature of the transit management focus area is attractive to
students in varying fields of study.
* The LAUP Department will offer the focus area starting in Fall 2012.
Outreach Plan and Recommended Next Steps
The committee outlined several next steps for the transit management focus area of the
CTP. In order to ensure the transit management focus area becomes known among the
student body, the committee will initiate the following activities:Activity 1:
Activity 2:
Activity 3:
Activity 4:
Activity 5:Send CTP information to departmental listservs and the TAMU transit
listserv intermittently throughout the next few academic school years.
Responsible Party - TTI.
Schedule - Recurring twice per semester
Arrange for the CTP coordinator to speak during the introductory courses of
LAUP, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Civil Engineering, and
Mays Business School.
Responsible Parties - LAUP and TTI.
Schedule - Recurring at beginning of each academic year
Update the LAUP website to reflect the updated CTP Program Description
and Degree Requirements.
Responsible Party - LAUP.
Schedule - August 2012
Create an advertising flyer to post in the participating academic departments
and at TAMU Transit headquarters.
Responsible Party - TTI
Schedule - Recurring twice per semester
Reach out to Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) (and surrounding
DOTs) to make information on the program known and to set up meetings to
discuss future program possibilities.
Responsible Party - TTI.
Schedule - August 201213
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Cherrington, Linda; Sandidge, Matt & Joh, Ken. Transit Management Certificate Program, report, July 2012; College Station, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth303654/m1/17/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.