[jenidallas]

The two have been tightly aligned for several year - it's been a way to him raise enrollment at A&M without changing traditional admission standards. It's a dual enrollment program and there is much crossover in other areas of student life so this eliminates having Blinn students living side-by-side with A&M students but missing other activities. Other universities with these types of transitional enrollment/admissions programs are allowing students to participate in recruitment (UC Berkeley, for example).