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Participating Texas Institutions
HEC in Texas currently includes more than 240 teacher educators and educational administration faculty from more than 70 Texas colleges, universities, community colleges, and alternative certification programs. HEC members include university faculty from various departments, including Educational Psychology, Curriculum and Instruction, Special Education, ESL and Bilingual Education, Reading, Educational Administration, and Educational Leadership. Instructors from Alternative Certification Programs administered by Educational Service Centers, universities, and independent school districts also participate in HEC.
The faculty participants are members of a variety of college departments involved in teacher preparation, including Educational Psychology, Curriculum and Instruction, Special Education, ESL and Bilingual Education, and Reading. The following colleges and universities are represented in the collaborative:

Alternative South Texas Educator Program
Alvin Community College- Houston
Angelo State University, San Angelo
Austin College, Sherman
Baylor University, Waco
Blinn College, Brenham
Concordia University Texas, Austin
East Texas Baptist University, Marshall
Education Career Alternatives Program, Fort Worth
Educational Service Center, Region I, Edinburg
Educational Service Center, Region II , Corpus Christi
Educational Service Center, Region IV, Houston
Educational Service Center, Region V, Beaumont
Educational Service Center, Region VII, Kilgore
Educational Service Center, Region VIII, Mt. Pleasant
Educational Service Center, Region XI, Fort Worth
Educational Service Center, Region XIII, Austin
Educational Service Center, Region XVIII, Midland
Educational Service Center, Region XIX, El Paso
Educational Service Center, Region XX, San Antonio
Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene
Howard Payne University, Brownwood
Huston-Tillotson University, Austin
Jarvis Christian College, Hawkins
Lamar University, Beaumont
LeTourneau University, Longview
Lone Star College-CyFair, Cypress, Houston
McMurry University, Abilene
Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls
North Harris Montgomery Community College
Richland College, Dallas
The Rio Grande College at Sul Ross State University- Del Rio, Eagle Pass, Uvalde
St. Edward’s University, Austin
St. Marys University, San Antonio
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville
Schreiner University, Kerrville
South Texas Transition to Teaching, McAllen
Southern Methodist University, Dallas
Southwestern Assemblies of God University, Waxahachie
Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches
Sul Ross State University, Alpine
Tarleton State University-Stephenville
Texas A&M University-College Station
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Texas A&M University-San Antonio
Texas A&M University-Texarkana
Texas Christian University, Fort Worth
Texas Lutheran University, Seguin
Texas Southern University, Houston
Texas State University-San Marcos
(formerly Southwest Texas State University)
Texas Tech University, Lubbock
Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth
Texas Woman’s University, Denton
Trinity University, San Antonio
University of Houston-Clear Lake
University of Houston-Victoria
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton
University of North Texas, Denton
University of St. Thomas, Houston
The University of Texas at Arlington
The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Brownsville
The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson
The University of Texas at El Paso
The University of Texas at Permian Basin
The University of Texas at Tyler
The University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg
University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio
Wayland Baptist University, Fort Woth
West Texas A&M University, Canyon
