chief executive officer; the position was later upgraded first to vice chancellor, then "president designate" and finally, President. Price announced in July 2012 that he would not remain in his job after his contract ends in August 2013. On March 26, 2013, the UNT Board of Regents announced that Dr. Ronald T. Brown would become the next President, effective July 1, 2013. On August 1, 2015, Ronald T. Brown was moved to a new position within the UNT System and former Dallas Morning News Editor, Bob Mong, was instated as UNT Dallas' third President. 2016 2016 brought many major developments to the campus. The campus broke ground on its first residence hall in August. The building will house its first students in Fall 2017. Full-time enrollment for Fall 2016 jumped to more than 3,000 students, an increase of almost 22% over the previous year. In October, DART completed the extension of their Blue Line bringing rail service directly to the UNT Dallas campus. This opens the door to those living along the Blue Line corridor as far north as Rowlett. The SERCH Institute at UNT Dallas (Service Education Research Community Hope) partnered with Mayor Mike Rawlings’ GrowSouth initiative and began working with 10 AmeriCorps VISTA members working in approximately 32 neighborhoods in southern Dallas. Their efforts are aimed at strengthening neighborhoods and build the internal capacity of their neighborhood associations. Also in Fall 2016, Dr. John Gasko, Dean of the School of Education at UNT Dallas, officially launched the Emerging Teacher Institute (ETI) whose mission is focused on the concept of preparing teachers ‘…to effectively teach and reach students in high-need classrooms and remain stable in the face of adversity over time’. Michael L. Williams, former Commissioner of the Texas Education Agency, is working with Dr. Gasko to increase the university's partnerships with area school districts. Williams is UNT Dallas’ inaugural Distinguished Leader-in-Residence. In December 2016, UNT Dallas announced the hiring of Dr. Betty Stewart as Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs. UNT Dallas College of Law The UNT System opened a law school in downtown Dallas in 2014 and received provisional accreditation by the American Bar Association in 2017.The school obtained full ABA accreditation in 2022. Campus demographics As of fall 2019, the student body is 52% Hispanic, 28% African-American, 14% Caucasian, 2% Asian, and 4% Other. Women make up 67% of the student body and men make