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John Silber

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Illustrious Friends Remember John R. Silber

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Tension between Texas and Boston got a lot of play during John Silber’s memorial service yesterday on the Boston University campus. Silber, who had a short...

 
 

Hard-Charging Former Arts and Sciences Dean John Silber Dies

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One of the nation’s foremost university presidents—a native Texan who first made a name for himself at The University of Texas at Austin—died Thursday....

 
 

Regent Meddling Is Nothing New

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More than 40 years after UT System administrator Ken Ashworth locked horns with Frank Erwin and the Board of Regents, Ashworth has put out a tell-all memoir. Unfortunately,...

 
 

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Class Struggle

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Would ‘breakthrough solutions’ like treating students as customers help or hurt UT on its quest to become a university of the first class? The Legislature...

 
 
 
 
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