(AP) – Arkansas State University’s $75 million campus in
Queretaro, Mexico, is on track to open in the fall.
The Jonesboro Sun reports the first round of acceptance letters will be sent
out Jan. 16. Provost Brad Rawlins says 330 students applied to school at the new
campus. The school will initially offer degree programs in business,
communications, engineering and technology. Undergraduate and graduate science
degrees will be offered as well. The school is targeting students from Mexico.
The campus is part of a planned 2,125-acre community development near
Queretaro that will include commercial, residential and recreation spaces for up
to 70,000 residents.
The university and its partner ASU Campus Queretaro, a consortium of
investors, broke ground in February 2014. The consortium is constructing and
operating the campus. The new campus receives no state funding.
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