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Censure Readings: The Higher Ed Week in Review

Censure Readings: The Higher Ed Week in Review

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The Hall of Government This week began with the news that legislators were, after more than a year of investigation, taking action in the case of UT regent Wallace...

 
 
'Conduct Unbecoming': Legislators Censure Hall

‘Conduct Unbecoming’: Legislators Censure Hall

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Editor’s Note: This post has been updated with statements from Regent Wallace Hall and Chairman Paul Foster. A Texas legislative body investigating UT System...

 
 

Texas Exes Hosts National Advocacy Conference

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It’s no secret that state funding to public colleges and universities has been trickling away in legislatures across the country. But for all the doom-and-gloom...

 
 

What You Missed at Today’s Transparency Committee Meeting

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Inquisitive, passionate, disruptive, smart, a lightning rod, a bully, talented, and the Terrell Owens of higher education: Those are just a few of the words legislators...

 
 
With Powers Off the Docket, Regents Meet

Swords Down: Regents Pursue Peace After Controversial Week

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The stage was set. With national media attention pointed at UT, Thursday’s UT System Board of Regents meeting was poised to be a textbook example of political...

 
 

UT Schools Start the Push for State Construction Funds

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The 84th session of the Texas Legislature doesn’t kick off for another six months, but calls for construction funding at state universities have already...

 
 
Student Leaders Back Powers

Student Leaders Back the President (and Other Updates from the Powers Struggle)

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On the eve of possibly the most anticipated Board of Regents meeting in the history of UT, more voices from both sides of the struggle over UT-Austin president...

 
 
Cigarroa Defends His Ultimatum to Powers

Cigarroa Defends His Ultimatum to Powers

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Since last Thursday, the ongoing tensions between UT-Austin and its governing board have overtaken the political discourse and swallowed up column inches in news...

 
 
TXExplainer: The Latest on the ‘July 4th Coup’

TXEXplainer: The Latest on the ‘July 4th Coup’

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It’s the Monday after, but the fireworks are still exploding. In what’s been dubbed a “July 4th coup,” UT System chancellor Francisco Cigarroa...

 
 
UT System to Take Another Look at UT-Austin Admissons

UT System to Take Another Look at UT-Austin Admissons

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If you’re even slightly familiar with the years-long tensions surrounding UT-Austin, the UT System, and the state capitol, you’ve probably come across...

 
 
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