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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...

 
 
With Powers Off the Docket, Regents Meet

Swords Down: Regents Pursue Peace After Controversial Week

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The stage was set. With national media attention pointed at UT, Thursday’s UT System Board of Regents meeting was poised to be a textbook example of political...

 
 
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...

 
 
TXExplainer: The Latest on the ‘July 4th Coup’

TXEXplainer: The Latest on the ‘July 4th Coup’

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It’s the Monday after, but the fireworks are still exploding. In what’s been dubbed a “July 4th coup,” UT System chancellor Francisco Cigarroa...

 
 

Powers Given Ultimatum: Resign or Be Fired

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The president of the University of Texas at Austin got a rough start to Fourth of July weekend. On Wednesday, at a meeting down at the UT System offices, Bill Powers...

 
 

Kedra Ishop Resigns, Says Unrelated to Admissions Investigation

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Kedra Ishop, vice provost and admissions director at UT, will step down on July 15 to become the associate vice president of enrollment management at the University...

 
 
UT System to Take Another Look at UT-Austin Admissons

UT System to Take Another Look at UT-Austin Admissons

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If you’re even slightly familiar with the years-long tensions surrounding UT-Austin, the UT System, and the state capitol, you’ve probably come across...

 
 
Regent Investigation Continues; Long Hot Summer to Come

Regent Investigation Continues; Long Hot Summer to Come

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The special Texas House committee charged with the investigation of UT System Regent Wallace Hall met Wednesday to discuss procedures and begin drafting suggested...

 
 
Outcomes TxExplainer: The 2017 Legislative Session Is Over. So Now What??

Chancellor to Conduct System-Wide Admissions Inquiry

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A report released this week by the UT System found that letters of recommendation from legislators may in some cases have carried extra weight in UT-Austin admissions—and...

 
 
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