STARLINK links all of the community and technical colleges in the state through its statewide satellite-based teleconference network. STARLINK is formally governed by TACC through a contractual arrangement with the Dallas County Community College District. Henry Hartman, Dallas County Community College, serves as the Director of STARLINK. As an agency of TACC, STARLINK produces and distributes programming to benefit higher education, state agencies, and other public entitites.

Since becoming operational in the fall of 1989, STARLINK has been rated as one of the top 3 training networks in the United States by the U.S. Distance Learning Association. STARLINK has produced and/or distributed 150 professional development and informational videoconferences targeted primarily to community and technical colleges, reaching more than 90,000 audience members. In addition, STARLINK has produced and/or distributed information and training videoconferences that served over 30,000 employees of state agencies and other public entitites.