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More Than Just Words on a Page

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Your trusty Alcalde is exploring new frontiers for telling great UT stories. For much of my adult life I have endured endless doomsday prognostication about the...

 
 

Why I Gave

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Yesterday, for the first time ever, I donated money to The University of Texas. The occasion was an email I received from President Bill Powers announcing a record-breaking...

 
 

Powell, McCombs, and the Fog of War

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As a new generation of Longhorns graduates, the mission of the Texas Exes is more important than ever. Even in times of controversy, our goal is to tell the story...

 
 

All-Call-Day

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A Name You Can Trust (But Not Pronounce) Can’t see the video? Click here. You’ve heard the phrase, “What’s in a name?” Let me tell...

 
 

Texas, Still Wildcatting

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A wood and iron platform crouches on a triangle of The University of Texas campus frequented only on six Saturdays each fall. This creaky sculpture has taken on...

 
 

Horns Hoo-rah

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When I met my first four-star general, a UT grad, I was shell-shocked. I expected a dull ceremony and a bureaucrat full of platitudes. But Gen. Bob Cone, MA ’87,...

 
 

Consider Class-Based Admissions

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For five decades now, higher education leaders have been talking up the value of diversity. Students from different backgrounds challenge each other’s ideas,...

 
 
Making Super-Seniors Obsolete

Making Super-Seniors Obsolete

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The goal is audacious, and the approach is classic higher ed. The University of Texas at Austin has set itself a goal of raising its four-year graduation rate from...

 
 
On Honest Friendship

On Honest Friendship

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We’re all fans here, so let’s be frank: at The University of Texas, there is an awful lot to cheer about. World-changing research. Dynamic professors. Brainy...

 
 

Debating the Debate

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A chat about Texas higher education with the chairman of the Board of Regents. Before we get to this interview, a word of context. About a year ago the first rumble...

 
 
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