Should Fort Worth become a city of cowboys, culture – and colleges?

We talk a lot about what Fort Worth needs, particularly with XTO Energy leaving four downtown towers empty.

But we don’t say enough about colleges or higher education, or how more and stronger universities can drive innovation and success back to Fort Worth.

We’re on the verge of a big step forward. A new medical school offering M.D. degrees is expected to open in 2019 in a partnership between TCU and the successful University of North Texas medical school.