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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...

 
 
Law School Foundation Leaders Respond to Claims of Impropriety

Law School Foundation Leaders Respond to Claims of Impropriety

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In a letter Monday, officers of the University of Texas Law School Foundation (LSF) spoke out against claims that the foundation was involved in secretive and...

 
 

Texas Higher Ed Leaders Express Concerns About Sequestration

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UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa has joined forces with fellow Texas university leaders on a letter, addressed to the Texas congressional delegation, that...

 
 

Hall, Saban, and Cigarroa: The Higher Ed Week in Review

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Editor’s Note: This post has been updated to correct an error. It originally stated that Regent Wallace Hall contacted Nick Saban’s agent when, in fact,...

 
 

Cigarroa Touts 10 Breakthrough Actions for Research Universities

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The 2013 session of the Texas Legislature generated headlines about discord between legislators and some UT regents and between regents and the UT-Austin campus...

 
 

TXEXplainer: Higher Ed Committee Votes to Tighten Regent Rules

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The state Senate higher education committee approved a major bill regarding university regents’ duties and responsibilities Wednesday. Senate Bill 15 now heads...

 
 

TXEXplainer: Powers’ Report to UT Regents

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A two-day Board of Regents meeting saw an extensive discussion of priorities and progress at UT-Austin. We break down the issues. What was the occasion? The UT...

 
 

UT-Austin at the Front of New Online Learning Partnership

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The University of Texas at Austin will be leading the UT System in a global initiative to provide massive open online education courses. The UT System Board Of...

 
 

UT Chancellor To Regents: ‘One Size Does Not Fit All’

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[Correction appended] When it comes to higher education, especially vast public systems with institutions at varying degrees of development, making top-down, uniform...

 
 
 
 
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