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TXEXplainer: Why Top 10 Percent Is Now Top 7

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UT’s automatic-admissions process is changing. The rule is commonly known as Top 10 Percent, but that just might need to change. The San Antonio Express-News...

 
 

Powers Wins Prestigious Fleming Award for Legal Scholarship

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Bill Powers is being awarded for his work in tort law with one of the field’s most prestigious prizes. UT president Bill Powers is the 2012 co-recipient of...

 
 

Powers Reiterates “Tremendous” Value of Prop 1 at UT Nursing School

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With a week until election day, UT-Austin President Bill Powers emphasizes the need to pass Prop 1, and the importance of a medical school for the University and...

 
 

Prop 1 an Innovative Way to Fund a Medical School

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 Dallas, Fort Worth, Lubbock, and San Antonio all have medical schools. Houston has two, not counting one in nearby Galveston. El Paso has a medical school. College...

 
 
Why the AAU Is So Important

Why the AAU Is So Important

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I’d like to share the news that on Tuesday of this week I was elected vice-chair of the Association of American Universities. This means that next year I’ll...

 
 

UT Launches Loan Forgiveness Pilot Program

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The University of Texas at Austin is incentivizing on-time graduation in order to reduce student debt. It’s all part of a monumental push to save students...

 
 

UT-Austin Cracks Top 25 in Latest Worldwide Rankings

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UT-Austin bucks a trend of American universities falling behind their Asian competitors. The world’s most prestigious rankings list, released today, shows...

 
 

Poll: Majority of Texans See Value in Public Universities

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Questions of value are at the center of the ongoing higher education debate in Texas. Is a college degree worth the cost? Do public universities provide a quality...

 
 

Confirmed: Class of 2016 is UT’s Largest-Ever Freshman Class

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The numbers are in: with 8,092 entering freshmen this fall, UT has its largest-ever freshman class. This afternoon, UT released preliminary enrollment data for...

 
 
UT on the Cover of New Texas Monthly [Unveiled]

UT on the Cover of New Texas Monthly [Unveiled]

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For those of us who follow University of Texas news closely, we’ve known since the beginning of the summer that Texas Monthly has been working on an article...

 
 
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