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Student Leaders: ‘We Refuse To Be Complacent’ About UT

Student Leaders: ‘We Refuse To Be Complacent’ About UT

For the past two years, there has been an unfortunate ritual at the end of the spring semester at The University of Texas at Austin. While students are cramming...

 
 

Now Is No Time for Instability

Fellow alumni and friends of the University: We need to bring your attention to an important issue regarding the future of The University of Texas. The UT System...

 
 
UT-Austin Medical School Gets a Go From Regents

UT-Austin Medical School Gets a Go From Regents

It’s an open secret that the United States can’t educate all the doctors the country needs. There aren’t enough slots in existing medical schools...

 
 

Regents Raise Tuition at All Petitioning Schools But UT-Austin

Tuition for in-state undergraduates at UT-Austin will not go up for at least another two years, but other categories of students—as well as those at nearly every...

 
 

Healthy ATX: First Step Toward an Austin Med School

Can’t see the video? Click here. Austin’s got it all—the Capitol, a top-tier university, major tech companies, and much more. What it doesn’t...

 
 

UT Seeks Cost-Cutting Advice From Corporate Superstars

The vice president of Boeing International. The chief operating officer of Accenture. A senior vice president at Dell. What do these particular executives share...

 
 

Exxon CEO Speaks Up for Research in Higher Ed

Rex W. Tillerson, BS ’75, Life Member, is the CEO of ExxonMobil Corp. This column first appeared in the Dallas Morning News. Few public policy issues are more...

 
 

UT Is Third in World’s Leading Academic Patent-Seekers

The only thing better than national bragging rights? International bragging rights. With 127 published patent applications last year, The University of Texas System...

 
 

President Powers: Students Should Stop Buying More College Than They Need

In his State of the Union address last month President Obama put universities on notice that if they couldn’t hold tuition down, the federal government would withhold...

 
 
Learning by Doing: Why Students Need Lab Time Sooner

Learning by Doing: Why Students Need Lab Time Sooner

Imagine the impact on the arts if we required every aspiring instrumentalist to complete 12 years of theory and careful study of the masters before being allowed...

 
 
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