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Mythbusting Mr. O, Part 1

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Last Wednesday, the Texas Tribune interviewed Rick O’Donnell, the controversial, short-term employee the UT System regents hired, fired, and last week paid $70,000...

 
 

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...

 
 
Would Separating Teaching From Research Make Universities More Productive?

Would Separating Teaching From Research Make Universities More Productive?

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At the center of the debate in Texas over the future of higher education stands a premise, accepted for generations, that at top universities academic research and...

 
 

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Rodeo Club Took Bulls by the Horns

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They’d grown up everywhere in the state, from dusty Lubbock to stately River Oaks, but they were all Texas kids and proud of it. Likewise, they loved The University...

 
 
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