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Reaching the Summit

Reaching the Summit

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LBJ Library director Mark Updegrove takes us behind the scenes of a historic gathering of American presidents at UT. The first time a sitting president came to...

 
 
Obama Apologizes to UT Professor for Art History Joke

Obama Apologizes to UT Professor for Art History Joke

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Editor’s Note: This post has been updated. Last week, in a story about the value of degrees in different fields, we mentioned a remark made by President Barack...

 
 
Powers Talks College Access with White House Officials

Powers Talks College Access with White House Officials

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UT President Bill Powers visited the White House this week to talk education strategy along with the President and First Lady of the United States. A group of more...

 
 

TXEXplainer: President Obama’s College ‘Shake Up’

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President Obama has announced new policies to ‘shake up’ higher education and keep the cost of college down. Here’s what you need to know. He’s...

 
 

UT Tower Lands on Twitter’s Most Popular Posts of 2012

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Photo by Lara Eakins. Visit Twitter’s year-end retrospective site, “2012 Year on Twitter,” and you’ll see the top tweets and Twitpics from...

 
 

Powers to Obama: Cost Is One Thing, Value Is Another

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Cost is one thing, value is another, and confusing the two is a mistake. President Barack Obama this morning unveiled a plan to address rising college tuition costs...

 
 

Defaulting on Debt Would Have Extreme Consequences, UT Professor Says

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Illustration by Jamie Appel Talk of the debt ceiling has been consuming Washington lately, and it seems prospects for a grand deal to either raise the debt ceiling...

 
 

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Rooting for STEM

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In 14 years, UTeach has created a unique educational model for preparing science, technology, engineering, and math teachers, and the nation is following its lead. Photo...

 
 
 
 
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