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UT Advocates Podcast: Invest in Texas Campaign

Fresh from a successful lobbying day, student leaders explain the issues they’re pushing at the Texas Legislature. Michael Redding is UT’s graduate...

 
 

Lawmakers Find Unlikely Unanimity on Top 10 Law

For as much as the Top 10 Percent Law is loved and hated, lawmakers’ support for an extension to cap the rule is as surprising as it is unlikely. The students...

 
 

TXEXplainer: Budget Amendments Target UT System

The ongoing legislative backlash against the UT System Board of Regents for what lawmakers call “micromanagement” hit the Texas House floor Thursday,...

 
 

House and Senate Panels Approve Top 10 Exemption

Higher education leaders in both chambers of the Legislature have endorsed legislation to extend a cap on automatic admissions at UT. Update: Senate Bill 1530,...

 
 

TXEXplainer: Higher Ed Committee Votes to Tighten Regent Rules

The state Senate higher education committee approved a major bill regarding university regents’ duties and responsibilities Wednesday. Senate Bill 15 now heads...

 
 

Engineering Building Moves Closer to Reality

Lawmakers likely to fund the modern engineering building UT desperately needs. An upgrade to UT’s Cockrell School of Engineering is making its way through a sometimes...

 
 

Senate Weighs Bill To Alter Regent Duties

The state Senate is considering a bill to refine the relationship between public universities and their governing boards. Wednesday, the higher education committee...

 
 

UT Advocates Podcast: Kay Bailey Hutchison

The former Longhorn cheerleader and veteran of the U.S. Senate discusses her love of UT, the importance of research and diversity, and how alumni can help protect...

 
 

Regents Order Further Investigation Into UT Law School

A narrowly divided Board of Regents has approved hiring an external party to investigate UT Law and the Law School Foundation. Less than a day after a prominent...

 
 

Pitts Calls for End to Powers ‘Witch Hunts’

The chair of the House appropriations committee led the charge at the session’s first joint higher education oversight committee meeting Tuesday, calling for...

 
 
 
 
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