{"id":46916,"date":"2022-08-22T10:35:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T15:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/?p=46916"},"modified":"2022-08-22T10:35:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T15:35:41","slug":"tarleton-selected-to-prestigious-association-of-public-land-grant-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-selected-to-prestigious-association-of-public-land-grant-universities\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton Selected to Prestigious Association of Public &#038; Land-grant Universities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Tarleton State University has been chosen the newest member of the Association of Public &amp; Land-grant Universities, putting the school among an elite group of public research universities and land-grant institutions in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe APLU designation underscores Tarleton\u2019s place among the nation\u2019s top public universities,\u201d said Tarleton President Dr. James Hurley. \u201cOur commitment to academic excellence, innovative research and student success perfectly complements the APLU mission to improve lives and livelihoods through a university degree.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>APLU\u2019s 225 university members enjoy a collective enrollment of five million undergraduate and 1.3 million graduate students. The schools annually award 1.5 million degrees and conduct $50 billion in university research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in 1887, the APLU is the oldest higher education association in North America. It works with members to enhance the public good by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Expanding educational access and improving student success to deliver tomorrow\u2019s innovative workforce.<\/li><li>Advancing research to improve society while fostering economic growth and addressing global challenges.<\/li><li>Building healthy, equitable and vibrant communities.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI look forward to collaborating with Dr. Hurley and the entire Tarleton community,\u201d said APLU President-elect Dr. Mark Becker. \u201cThey understand the need for educational opportunity, and they tirelessly promote its achievement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education recognizes every APLU member institution. Tarleton earned the elevated Carnegie designation of <em>Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity <\/em>in 2021 and was the only school in the A&amp;M System to receive the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching\u2019s Community Engagement Classification in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat a gratifying honor,\u201d Dr. Hurley said, \u201cand it wouldn\u2019t be possible without our dedicated faculty, staff and administration moving this remarkable institution forward. We will strive daily to justify the trust that APLU membership reflects.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis prestigious membership endorses Tarleton\u2019s longstanding commitment to educational access and opportunity,\u201d added Texas A&amp;M University System Chancellor John Sharp. \u201cThe APLU shouts quality and class, and that\u2019s good company to be in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tarleton Accepts Membership into the APLU\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eHQMUuXJvJc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tarleton State University has been chosen the newest member of the Association of Public &#038; Land-grant Universities, putting the school among an elite group of public research universities and land-grant institutions in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":46918,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[382],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage"],"acf":{"image":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"keegan","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/keegan-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2022\/08\/APLU-Spotlight-Logo-002-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/homepage\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">_Homepage<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">_Homepage<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 4 years ago","modified":"Updated 4 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on August 22, 2022","modified":"Updated on August 22, 2022"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on August 22, 2022 10:35 am","modified":"Updated on August 22, 2022 10:35 am"},"featured_img_caption":"Logo of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}