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UT Seeks Cost-Cutting Advice From Corporate Superstars

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The vice president of Boeing International. The chief operating officer of Accenture. A senior vice president at Dell. What do these particular executives share...

 
 

President Powers: Students Should Stop Buying More College Than They Need

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In his State of the Union address last month President Obama put universities on notice that if they couldn’t hold tuition down, the federal government would withhold...

 
 

Powers: Data Important, But Imperfect

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Is gathering more data the key to improving a university’s effectiveness? Yes and no, says UT president Bill Powers. (more…)

 
 

This House Stands United

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In his annual State of the University address yesterday, President Bill Powers borrowed from Abraham Lincoln to describe “a house divided” over the fundamental...

 
 

Powers Defends Soul of University in Annual Address

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After a brief introduction to University of Texas affairs in his annual September speech to the UT community, President Bill Powers spoke a surprising phrase: “That,...

 
 

North Toward Home

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On the evening of Aug. 2, an army of volunteers descended on the lobby of an IBC Bank in Brownsville. Within minutes, the severe mahogany-and-leather décor was...

 
 

Getting the Big Rocks In

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TT: President Powers, you’ve described the upcoming legislative session as challenging — how challenging? BP: We’re getting different reports. The early budgets...

 
 
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