A University of the First Class: Bill Powers

By Bill Powers in A University of the First Class, Features, May | June 2013 on April 30, 2013 at 9:53 am | No Comments

On the occasion of the Alcalde’s 100th anniversary, we asked Longhorns what “a University of the first class” means to them.

Bill Powers

Life Member
President, The University of Texas at Austin

A university of the first class changes the world for the better. It does that by changing the lives of its students. Their lives are changed only if they are taught by highly talented and deeply caring faculty. And the most talented faculty members are attracted by an environment that encourages them to pursue questions about which they are curious and add to humanity’s body of knowledge along the full spectrum of human understanding. Any university of the first class must fully integrate these twin missions of teaching and discovery.

 

Read more takes on the phrase “a University of the first class” here.

Illustration by Sean McCabe.

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