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Supreme Court to Rehear Fisher Case

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The future of race in admissions is once again headed back to the U.S. Supreme Court. The court announced Monday that it will rehear the case of Abigail Fisher,...

 
 

Regent Wallace Hall Sues UT Chancellor Over Records

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UT regent Wallace Hall filed suit this week against UT chancellor William McRaven in a dispute over access to admissions records. Hall alleges that the UT System...

 
 

All About That Base (Funding) and More: Reviewing the 2015 Texas Legislature

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On Monday, the Texas Legislature ended its 84th regular session. After 140 days of committee meetings, testimony, debate, amendment, and occasionally, bill-passing,...

 
 

Legislators Weigh Adding ‘Campus Carry’ to ‘Open Carry’ Bill

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As the 2015 Texas Legislature sprints toward the finish line, bills allowing licensed gun owners to carry firearms on college campuses seem unlikely to pass. But...

 
 
This Week's Regents' Meeting in Review

Bulldozers and Firewalls: What You Missed At This Week’s Regents Meeting

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The nine members of the UT System Board of Regents met in Austin this week to move forward an ambitious agenda that included changes to how the governing board...

 
 
The Law of the Land

The Law of the Land

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Nearly two decades in, is the Top 10 Percent Law working? In the late 1990s, the legal grounds were shifting beneath UT. The 1996 Hopwood v. Texas decision banned...

 
 

Greg Fenves Named Sole Finalist for UT President

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It’s a regime change, but not a radical one: Greg Fenves will, in all likelihood, be the 29th president of UT-Austin. The announcement of Fenves as the sole...

 
 

TXEXplainer: Formula Funding

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How does the University of Texas at Austin, and all other public four-year higher ed institutions in Texas, calculate state funding? It all comes down to a formula. What...

 
 
Senate Confirms Abbott's Nominees to UT Board

Senate Confirms Abbott’s Nominees to UT Board

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Shortly after taking office in January, Gov. Greg Abbott, BBA ’81, Life Member, named three nominees for the UT System Board of Regents. The Texas Senate confirmed...

 
 
Outcomes TxExplainer: The 2017 Legislative Session Is Over. So Now What??

Is Outcomes Funding Incoming?

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The Governor of Texas has endorsed it, as have powerful members of the legislature from both parties. Universities have, over time, come to endorse it, too. And...

 
 
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