Houston Community College buys land in Katy for new campus

The Houston Community College System has agreed to buy 24 acres in Katy near Interstate 10 and the Grand Parkway for a new, larger campus close to the site of the new University of Houston – Katy campus.

The current HCC Katy-Foxlake campus won’t be able to handle more students in the region and a new campus close to UH Katy could create a smoother transition for students looking to transfer, wrote HCC Chancellor Cesar Maldonado, in a prospectus detailing the system’s west Houston expansion…