The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents voted Thursday to end its contract with the foundation that funds the system flagship’s branch campus in Qatar, effectively ending the 20-year-old program.
The vote to end the contract with the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, means the school will start winding down the Doha campus over the next four years before officially closing its doors.
In a press release sent after the vote, the system said the board decided to reevaluate the university’s presence in Qatar this fall “due to the heightened instability in the Middle East.”
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