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Harlin is also an associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications.

There are already people interested in participating in the fall teaching exchange. Harlin said the number of people who can get involved will be based on the needs of the two schools.

“We will identify teaching needs where we have gaps in our teaching,” Harlin said. “And these holes could be there for many reasons; maybe someone recently left the facility, or maybe we had to add sections to a course due to high demand. Identifying needs is first and foremost. Once we identify the needs at both institutions, the departments associated with these courses will be briefed to see if they have any PhD students ready to take on these kinds of roles.

Students would teach one or two classes per semester when involved in the program. Harlin stressed that the program is focused on reciprocal exchange “not in one specific area, but between different departments, across the institution.”

University officials are exploring other initiatives that would benefit graduate students and faculty that could be launched after the start of the teaching exchange program. Harlin said the next one will likely be a course exchange agreement that would allow A&M professors to offer courses to students in Prairie View and vice versa.