Archive for: ut regents
Mythbusting Mr. O, Part 1
By JJ Baskin
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
By Lynn Freehill
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
By Tim Taliaferro
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?
By Tim Taliaferro
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
By Lynn Freehill
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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Starting Here: Meet the 2024 President’s Leadership Award Winners
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World-Changers Reconnect With the University Through the Tower Fellows Program
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Taking Over From Legendary Swim Coach Eddie Reese Is Another Legend
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Racing Ahead: The 2024 President’s Impact Award
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The Long Game Brings Local Heroes From the Putting Green to the Silver Screen
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Beloved Director Celebrates 30 Years Leading the Scottish Rite Dormitory
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Starting Here: Meet the 2024 President’s Leadership Award Winners
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World-Changers Reconnect With the University Through the Tower Fellows Program
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Taking Over From Legendary Swim Coach Eddie Reese Is Another Legend
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Racing Ahead: The 2024 President’s Impact Award