He led Texas. Let me point out a few of the ways he demonstrated this leadership. During his administration. State support for higher education increased 168 percent. When he took office. faculty salaries at State colleges and universities were more than $1.100 below the national average. During his administration the number of faculty members doubled and their average pay rose nearly $400 above the national average. . Under his leadership. Texas launched an intensified educational program for children of migrant workers. The State began a serious program to curb school dropouts. It began its first program to educate adult illiterates.