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The next leader of the University of North Texas at Dallas sees students spending time in companies and not just classrooms. “I want every undergraduate to have experience with this city outside the walls of the university,” said Ronald Brown, who will become UNT-Dallas president in July. That means students working with local employers, from hospitals to accounting firms to nonprofits, as they earn related degrees. Brown recently shared his priorities for Dallas’ newest public university, which began as a branch of UNT in Denton in 2000. Enrollment has grown from a few hundred students to more than 2,000. It’s a mix of recent high school graduates and older adults and of full-time and part-time students. Beyond working with companies to give students practical experience, Brown listed four other priorities for UNT-Dallas over the next few years: Offer more classes taught partly on campus and partly online, in ways that students benefit from technology. Track every student’s progress toward graduation through careful advising and other support to make them successful. Expand course offerings for freshmen and sophomores so they can meet general education requirements; and focus on degrees in high-demand fields such as accounting, health care, computer science and information management. Build dorms so that students can live on campus. Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/headlines/20130401-new-leader-for-the-university-of-north-texas-at-dallas-lays-out-goals.ece