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UT Regents Approve System-Wide Admissions Policy

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The UT System Board of Regents voted 8-1 to approve a new admissions policy Thursday morning. The policy, which applies to all UT System academic institutions,...

 
 
This Week's Regents' Meeting in Review

Bulldozers and Firewalls: What You Missed At This Week’s Regents Meeting

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The nine members of the UT System Board of Regents met in Austin this week to move forward an ambitious agenda that included changes to how the governing board...

 
 
Senate Confirms Abbott's Nominees to UT Board

Senate Confirms Abbott’s Nominees to UT Board

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Shortly after taking office in January, Gov. Greg Abbott, BBA ’81, Life Member, named three nominees for the UT System Board of Regents. The Texas Senate confirmed...

 
 

What You Missed at Today’s Transparency Committee Meeting

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Inquisitive, passionate, disruptive, smart, a lightning rod, a bully, talented, and the Terrell Owens of higher education: Those are just a few of the words legislators...

 
 
Grand Jury Recommends Hall's Removal

Regents Chairman Calls on Wallace Hall to Resign

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The chairman of the UT System Board of Regents today called the long-running spectacle surrounding Wallace Hall a distraction and asked the controversial regent...

 
 

Regents Honor Top Faculty with $1.6 Million in Awards

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The best educators in the University of Texas System are about to get a little something extra for all their hard work. The UT System Board of Regents will award 63...

 
 

Senators to Regent Nominees: ‘Move Beyond the Controversy’

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Update: The Senate Nominations Committee unanimously approved all three regent nominees Tuesday. They now go to the full Senate for confirmation. The chair of...

 
 

Powell, McCombs, and the Fog of War

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As a new generation of Longhorns graduates, the mission of the Texas Exes is more important than ever. Even in times of controversy, our goal is to tell the story...

 
 

UT Regents Chairman Asks for Pass on Turning Over Documents

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The chairman of the UT System Board of Regents is asking the state’s top attorney for permission to withhold documents legislators have asked to see relating...

 
 

A Bridge Too Far: This Week’s Controversial Vote By the Regents

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While hesitating for the past few months to write an op-ed about the ongoing skirmish between the Board of Regents and UT President Bill Powers, I can no longer...

 
 
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