According to Ray Perryman: "Texas needs to invest in education"

I was fortunate enough to be among 300 colleagues at a recent business breakfast at the Ridglea Country Club on April 23, 2014.  I was familiar with Mr. Perryman but had never had the good fortune to hear him speak before.

Perryman's talk was titled Impact of the National Economy on the Region. He shared with the audience that he felt Texas was in a good economic position but that it faced a number of "long term challenges" including the need to fund public education.  He went on to say that we are not spending enough on schools or on the infrastructure for schools.  He felt that this lack of investing in education would hamper the state's ability to attract corporate relocation's.  In addition, if we do not invest in education we will ultimately take in 4 billion a year less.  In this case, we would not have enough educated workers to perform in the current job roles and our tax base could increase.  As he stated, we need to commit a certain number of resources in order to remain a low-tax state.

I was moved by the idea of the importance of increased education at levels.  We all love living in Texas for many reasons...one of which is low cost education and a low tax base.  Why not invest in our own education and that of our children by making a commitment to further our Registered Nurse (RN) education?

If you are an Associate Degree Nurse (and I am proud to have received my RN degree from an Associate Degree program) and wonder what the value is of a Baccalaureate nursing education, please think about the need for Texans to invest in education so that we can remain a low cost state.  If you are already a baccalaureate prepared nurse (BSN) please consider furthering your education and obtaining an Master's degree in Nursing.

Tarleton State University has two programs available in the Fort Worth area.  We provide baccalaureate nursing instruction (RN-BSN) to Associate Degree prepared RNs in downtown Fort Worth at the Trinity River East campus.  In addition, this fall (2014) we will provide RN-MSN or BSN-MSN instruction to students on our campus at 6777 Camp Bowie Blvd.

Wouldn't you love to invest in your education?  Let us help you do so in a succinct, cost-effective manner...
Check us out at:  http://www.tarleton.edu/fortworth/degreeprograms/Degrees/BS-Nursing.html for our RN-BSN program!  We would be honored to be part of your investment in yourself...