and we see that that is still the case with one of the counties that nick hellman talked about. people in my own department actually teach students at that institution that nick hellman identified -- we actually bring a program out to them so that they can have access to doctoral education and educational leadership and policy studies. and even though i live in a metropolitan area, even though we're located in a metropolitan area, we have to reach out to them. we're still held to the same standards. texas is one of the 25 or so states with performance funding. we're still held to the same standards of meeting outcomes as other universities like university of tixas at austin that serve probably half as many low-income students or fewer and we serve over twice as many latino students. and i think an important point about the education deserts is that there may be a ripple effect further away from those regions. institutions in my county, it's not necessarily an education desert but we're trying to make up for what's going on in some of the counties around us. and if we also get pe

and we see that that is still the case with one of the counties that nick hellman talked about. people in my own department actually teach students at that institution that nick hellman identified -- we actually bring a program out to them so that they can have access to doctoral education and educational leadership and policy studies. and even though i live in a metropolitan area, even though we're located in a metropolitan area, we have to reach out to them. we're still held to the same standards. texas is one of the 25 or so states with performance funding. we're still held to the same standards of meeting outcomes as other universities like university of tixas at austin that serve probably half as many low-income students or fewer and we serve over twice as many latino students. and i think an important point about the education deserts is that there may be a ripple effect further away from those regions. institutions in my county, it's not necessarily an education desert but we're trying to make up for what's going on in some of the counties around us. and if we also get pe