<P> Shortly after World War II , the Texas Legislature redefined Texas A&M as a university and the flagship school of the Texas A&M University System , making official the school 's status as a clear and separate institution from the University of Texas . In the 1960s , the state legislature renamed the school Texas A&M University , with the `` A&M '' becoming purely symbolic . Under the leadership of James Earl Rudder , the school became racially integrated and coeducational . Membership in the Corps of Cadets became voluntary . </P>
<P> Shortly after World War II , the Texas Legislature redefined Texas A&M as a university and the flagship school of the Texas A&M University System , making official the school 's status as a clear and separate institution from the University of Texas . In the 1960s , the state legislature renamed the school Texas A&M University , with the `` A&M '' becoming purely symbolic . Under the leadership of James Earl Rudder , the school became racially integrated and coeducational . Membership in the Corps of Cadets became voluntary . </P>
when did texas a&m stop being a military school
when did texas a&m stop being a military school
the 1960s
the 1960s