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Handbook of Texas Online: |
 | | Texas Southmost College, in Brownsville, was formally opened as a junior college on September 28, 1926, to serve the need for higher education in the lower Rio Grande area. |
 | | The college's objectives were to provide two years of college work for transfer to four-year institutions, two years of specialized work in business, professional, or technical education, part-time adult education, enrichment courses of general interest, and a center for cultural development. |
 | | Enrollment at UTB–TSC was 10,271 in the fall of 2000, with a faculty of 449. |
| www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/TT/kct28.html (580 words) |
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