UT Family Lines Up Behind President Bill Powers
Sometimes a rumor from a single unnamed source can spur thousands to action. So it’s been for the Longhorn community in the last 18 hours after one anonymous...
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Sometimes a rumor from a single unnamed source can spur thousands to action. So it’s been for the Longhorn community in the last 18 hours after one anonymous...
Four-year graduation rates are under the microscope. From Texas parents who don’t want to pay any more tuition than necessary to UT System regents who are...
A greasy burger spot may give way to another UT academic building before too long. At a meeting at UT-San Antonio today, the UT System Board of Regents unanimously...
[Correction appended] When it comes to higher education, especially vast public systems with institutions at varying degrees of development, making top-down, uniform...
Graduation Rates at UT-Austin From 1983-2004 (Source: UT Statistical Handbook) Click on the chart for an interactive graph. With reporting by Sam Bohmfalk and...
Keshav Rajagopalan Few places can boast the level of energy and vigor that The University of Texas has on its campus on a daily basis. Rarely can you find a presidential...
Photo by Marsha Miller Implementing a series of proposals that advocate a business-style, market-driven approach to college education would leave Texas lagging behind...
Editor’s Note: This is the second of two posts relating to the Texas Tribune’s June 29 interview with Rick O’Donnell. Here’s part one. UT has been...
Last Wednesday, the Texas Tribune interviewed Rick O’Donnell, the controversial, short-term employee the UT System regents hired, fired, and last week paid $70,000...
More than 40 years after UT System administrator Ken Ashworth locked horns with Frank Erwin and the Board of Regents, Ashworth has put out a tell-all memoir. Unfortunately,...