Texas Tech plans on opening a vet school

Citing student demand and growing industry needs, the Texas Tech University System announced Friday that it will seek to open a veterinary medicine school in the coming years. If successful, the new school would be the state’s second, but the Tech system will need approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and funding from the Legislature to move ahead. And it may have to ward off resistance from the one university that already has a vet school: Texas A&M. Read more at The Texas Tribune…