SRC-TNM S.C.R. 42 75(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.C.R. 42
By: Truan
Education
4-11-97
As Filed


DIGEST 

Currently, business programs at higher education institutions focus on
preparing students for employment in large companies.  However, the
largest spur to job growth in Texas and the nation is coming from small
and medium-sized businesses.  S.C.R. 42 proposes that the legislature
consider encouraging the schools of business at state-supported
universities to expand their curricula to prepare students to succeed in
small and medium-sized business. 
    
PURPOSE

As proposed, S.C.R. 42 submits the following resolution:

To encourage all public and private higher education institutions
throughout the state that offer business programs to increase the number
of applied courses related to small and medium-sized businesses in an
international business environment. 

To consider whether the course offerings that constitute an institution's
business program meet the present and future needs of the state and the
region in which the institution is located in light of the need to
encourage and assist small and medium-sized business development and to
prepare the business men and women entering those businesses.