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Abbott Adds Distinguished Alums to UT Board

Abbott Aims to Add Distinguished Alums to UT Board

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The UT System Board of Regents has generated its share of headlines in recent years. On Thursday, Gov. Greg Abbott added another. Abbott, BBA ’81, Life Member,...

 
 

Longhorns and the Lege

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It’s time to gear up for the 2015 legislative session. Every other year in Texas, our elected representatives gather in Austin to do the state’s business. January...

 
 
Texas Tea Leaves: Reading Governor-Elect Abbott on Higher Ed

Texas Tea Leaves: Reading Governor-Elect Abbott on Higher Ed

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On Jan. 20, Greg Abbott will take office as the Governor of Texas. Here’s what he’s said so far—and what others have said—about his agenda for higher...

 
 
Irregular Session

Irregular Session

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The 84th Texas Legislature is poised to begin another round of doing the people’s business, but will they give higher education the attention it requires before...

 
 
Lawmakers, Regents, and—Aliens?: The Higher Ed Week in Review

Lawmakers, Regents, and—Aliens?: The Higher Ed Week in Review

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The sometimes tense relationship between legislators and the UT System Board of Regents continued this week, as regents rebuked a request from a pair of lawmakers...

 
 
Censure Readings: The Higher Ed Week in Review

Censure Readings: The Higher Ed Week in Review

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The Hall of Government This week began with the news that legislators were, after more than a year of investigation, taking action in the case of UT regent Wallace...

 
 
'Conduct Unbecoming': Legislators Censure Hall

‘Conduct Unbecoming’: Legislators Censure Hall

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Editor’s Note: This post has been updated with statements from Regent Wallace Hall and Chairman Paul Foster. A Texas legislative body investigating UT System...

 
 

UT Schools Start the Push for State Construction Funds

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The 84th session of the Texas Legislature doesn’t kick off for another six months, but calls for construction funding at state universities have already...

 
 
Student Leaders Back Powers

Student Leaders Back the President (and Other Updates from the Powers Struggle)

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On the eve of possibly the most anticipated Board of Regents meeting in the history of UT, more voices from both sides of the struggle over UT-Austin president...

 
 
Cigarroa Defends His Ultimatum to Powers

Cigarroa Defends His Ultimatum to Powers

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Since last Thursday, the ongoing tensions between UT-Austin and its governing board have overtaken the political discourse and swallowed up column inches in news...

 
 
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