State higher education regulators have told a Dallas-area outfit calling itself Texas American Muslim University, or TexAM, to shut it down for now. Acting at the direction of Gov. Greg Abbott, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board issued a cease-and-desist letter today, ordering the group to stop offering classes, advertising programs, and enrolling students or risk prosecution and other penalties.
Board Says TexAM Is Operating Outside Texas Law
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board says the organization calling itself TexAM University at Dallas is operating without the authorization state law requires and must immediately stop advertising and enrolling students, according to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The letter explains that any private postsecondary school in Texas that wants to operate or grant degrees must first secure a Certificate of Authority under Chapter 61, Subchapter G of the Education Code, and warns that the case will be referred to the Attorney General if TexAM does not comply.
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