 A new, family-oriented tourism emerged in the city over many years.The 1960s saw the expansion of higher education in Galveston.Already home to the University of Texas Medical Branch, the city got a boost in 1962 with the creation of the Texas Maritime Academy, predecessor of Texas A&M University at Galveston; and by 1967 a community college, Galveston College, had been formed to help provide affordable education to the community.