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Legislator Urges Regent to Resign

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A member of the committee investigating Regent Wallace Hall has told Gov. Rick Perry that the embattled regent should resign. In a letter to Gov. Rick Perry, a...

 
 

Perry Backs Hall, Criticizes Impeachment Probe

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Gov. Rick Perry, who has appointed each member of the UT System Board of Regents—and who once compared some of them to soldiers in the Battle of the Bulge—spoke...

 
 

Board Should Approve Data Requests, New Regents Chairman Says

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The days of individual University of Texas regents getting whatever information they want, whenever they want it, may be coming to an end. Today, the new chairman...

 
 

Flawn to Regents Chair: Don’t Lessen UT-Austin

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The leader of UT’s “war against mediocrity” has penned a letter to the UT System board chairman warning against re-making the state’s flagship...

 
 

Hall: ‘I Can Choose My Actions. I Can’t Choose My Consequences’

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Speaking in front of a packed house on campus Saturday, UT System regent Wallace Hall defended himself against charges that he may have overstepped his bounds as...

 
 

Hall, Saban, and Cigarroa: The Higher Ed Week in Review

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Editor’s Note: This post has been updated to correct an error. It originally stated that Regent Wallace Hall contacted Nick Saban’s agent when, in fact,...

 
 

Transparency Committee Sets Agenda for Regent Investigation

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After nearly an hour and a half in a closed executive session this afternoon, the Texas House select committee on government transparency laid out an ambitious...

 
 

With Conditions, Regents Approve Funding for Engineering Center

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After years of planning and fundraising, UT now has the money it needs to break ground on its engineering epicenter. As UT System regents polished off breakfast...

 
 

Regents to Consider Funding for UT’s Engineering Research Center

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At a board meeting tomorrow, UT System regents will consider a plan to help fund UT-Austin’s proposed engineering hub, the Engineering Education and Research...

 
 

Our Man in Washington

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The UT System’s Office of Federal Relations is building connections in the nation’s capital, and its Longhorn leader is doing it with a song in his heart—and...

 
 
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