UT Regent Chairman Powell Interview
Here you have it. The words straight from The Chairman; Gene Powell. I an excellent interview by Jake Silverstein of the Texas Monthly the Chairman expressed his thoughts on Higher […]
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Red McCombs: Regents have offered high level of support
Regents have offered high level of support, By Red McCombs Almost a year ago, Gov. Rick Perry met with nationally renowned high-tech leaders and business and university officials to talk […]
Same jersey, same goal – UT Student Regent Ashley Purgason
By Ashley Purgason Serving as the student regent on the University of Texas System Board of Regents offers me a unique perspective. I travel the state visiting the 15 UT […]
UT to deliver records for regent’s review
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz – American-Statesman Staff The chief financial officer of the University of Texas and a member of its governing board have reached a truce, at least for […]
New investigations of UT Law School Foundation begin
By Andrew Messamore Daily Texan As the attorney general investigates the University of Texas Law School Foundation, legislators and former Foundation trustees are continuing to hammer out the fine line […]
Lack of oversight in UT Law Foundation – Change Ahead
By Megan Strickland, Alexa Ura of Daily Texan Recent public battles over lack of oversight in the University of Texas Law Foundation threaten to bring substantial changes to a complex […]
Texas Tribune Guest Column: The UT Story Not Being Told
by Alex Cranberg University of Texas System Regent Alex Cranberg The University of Texas Board of Regents has been getting more than its fair share of press lately, but often […]
Thousands Sign Up for UT-Austin’s First EdX Courses
by Reeve Hamilton of texas tribune On Thursday night, the University of Texas at Austin opened four free online courses for open registration. By Monday morning, total enrollment stood at […]
UT: Only Regents Can Reform Higher Education
Guest Column by Thomas K. Lindsay for Texas Weekly Higher education, in Texas and nationally, faces a crisis. Studies testify to grade inflation’s erosion of standards (An “A” is the […]
UT Regents Seek to Protect the University System.
The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System I believe, seek a positive direction in the current controversy before the reputation of Texas is sullied by the ongoing […]
Powers outside deal with UT Law Foundation?
Here is something to think about tonight… Who is the is the real Bill Powers? Is there proof of an outside deal between Powers and the UT Law Foundation? Time […]
UT “shooting war” is Inflammatory.
Let’s take a temperate step back from the “shooting war” between the University of Texas regents and the president of UT-Austin. It is understandable why otherwise sensible people might let […]
Influence Peddling at UT Austin?
Here’s an academic question – or more precisely, a story about academics at the University of Texas at Austin: What’s the difference between trying to influence others’ views and “influence […]
UT Regents: External Review of UT and UT Law Foundation.
Lawmakers, Observers React to Tense UT System Meeting by Reeve Hamilton of Texas Tribune photo by: Bob Daemmrich Longtime employees of the University of Texas System said they could not […]
Regents bar UT president from deleting emails
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz American-Statesman Staff In the latest sign of tension between the University of Texas and its governing board, President Bill Powers and other campus officials have been […]
Tuition Freezes and Foundations on UT Regents’ Agenda
by Reeve Hamilton Texas Tribure The relationship between the University of Texas School of Law and an affiliated foundation, which drew headlines over a forgivable loan program, will be again […]
Perry and Powers: sharing views on higher ed, funding, tuition
By Alexa Ura Daily Texan Funding for higher education at UT-Austin makes up almost 13 percent of the state’s budget, and going into the 2013 legislative session UT President William […]
UT Joins Harvard-MIT EdX Online Venture
By David Mildenberg – The University of Texas System plans to put up $5 million to join the EdX online venture,
Rick Perry Calls For Frozen Tuition At State Universities In Texas
The Huffington Post | By Tyler Kingkade Texas Gov. Rick Perry doesn’t believe public colleges should be able increase students tuition each year. At the Texas Tribune festival, a three-day […]
Is College a Lousy Investment?
by Megan McArdle Mythomania about college has turned getting a degree into an American neurosis. It’s sending parents to the poorhouse and saddling students with a backpack full of debt […]
Alex Cranberg and Melinda Hill Perrin. Opposing Views on Tuition
Alex Cranberg and Melinida Hill Perrin have opposing views on Tuition increase. We’d like to get your views on the one you feel has the best position. Read carefully, there […]
California. How much would you pay for a country club education?
A great video. Higher education in California isn’t what it used to be. Find out why students are paying higher tuition costs and getting a less comprehensive education in California. […]
What happened at the University of Virginia is probably going to happen again somewhere else.
By Kevin Kiley It likely won’t take the same form – the removal and reinstatement of a university president. But somewhere, sometime, probably sooner rather than later, the governing board […]
Incoming UT freshmen getting earful on graduating in four years
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz – AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Bill Powers, president of the University of Texas, flashed the hook ‘em sign, then welcomed a group of incoming freshmen with a not-so-subtle […]
Trowbridge: Texas legislators neglect low-income and minority students
By Ronald L. Trowbridge – Special to the Star-Telegram It may seem exaggerated to accuse the Texas Legislature of neglecting low-income and minority students, but facts show otherwise. The recent […]
President Bill Powers Jr. and Governor Rick Perry: Trenches and Turf.
The Bill Powers Jr. School of How to Win Friends and Influence People. (Dale Carnegie would be ashamed) Posted by WILLisms Texas is ground zero in the national higher education […]
Regents freeze in-state tuition, fees at UT for two years
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz The governing board of the University of Texas today froze in-state undergraduate tuition and fees for the next two years at the Austin flagship.
As UT, A&M Regents Meet the Week, Governor Eyes Tuition
by Reeve Hamilton When the regents of the state’s two largest university systems assemble this week — the University of Texas System on Wednesday and Thursday and Texas A&M University […]
A&M, UT tuition hikes
By JIM VERTUNO AUSTIN – Students at most campuses in the University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems would pay more in tuition next fall under proposals scheduled to […]
Texas Schools Prepare for a New Kind of Posse
by Reeve Hamilton Enlargephoto by: Caleb Bryant Miller The Posse Foundation, NY. Starting this fall, high school seniors in the Houston Independent School District will have an opportunity to […]
Texas colleges should take steps to measure learning
By Thomas K. Lindsay When the national study, “Academic Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses,” was published last year, its findings were alarming. Of the national sample of students it […]
Years of tuition shell games clobber students, families
By Patricia Kilday Hart I should be happy for University of Houston students that President Renu Khator and the UH Board of Regents found a way to hold down costs […]
UT Austin shifts orientation focus to academics
By Megan Strickland With two months until the class of 2016 begins arriving on campus to register for their freshman classes, University officials announced Monday a significant shift toward focus […]
University explores potential tuition increases
Liza Winkler Students are likely to experience tuition and fee increases over the course of five upcoming semesters, beginning next spring.
Groups debate quality, profit in universities
Liz Farmer | The Daily Texan Cost. Affordability. Four-year graduation rates. These buzzwords continue to fly around in the state higher education debate. One group is looking to turn focus […]
Board of Regents to vote on proposed tuition increase at next meeting
By Liz Farmer The Office of Student Financial Services must use current tuition rates to determine financial aid because the Board of Regents has yet to set a date for […]
UT tenure review policy receives mixed reaction from faculty
By Teddy Wilson UT Austin Tower The debate surrounding higher education in Texas has affected the state’s colleges in different ways, and now it appears that the faculty at the […]
Students push for voting power in higher education
By Ben Miller Undergraduate government officers are seeking to place a student representative who would be able to vote on matters from tuition increases to presidential appointments on the state’s […]
Chasing an illusion in college admissions -
Editorial Board Statesman For decades, the courts have tried to settle the use of race in university admissions only to find that when they grant satisfaction in one case, dissatisfaction […]
Longhorns Who Take Too Long
By Mitch Smith Partly in response to outside criticism that its four-year graduation rate of 50 percent is too low, the University of Texas at Austin outlined a number of […]
Texas A&M president proposes tuition hike
By VIMAL PATEL vimal.patel@theeagle.com Texas A&M president R. Bowen Loftin proposes a 3.95 percent rise in student tuition at a hearing Wednesday.
UT-Austin Unveils Plan to Boost Graduation Rates – by Reeve Hamilton
Updated, 5:30 p.m Wed.: UT-Austin President Bill Powers issued a campus-wide email this afternoon acknowledging his receipt of the task force’s recommendations to boost the school’s four-year graduation rate to […]
UT panel recommends steps to boost graduation rate
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz A panel of faculty members and students at the University of Texas today recommended a host of measures, including mandatory freshman orientation and stepped-up advising, to […]
Post-tenure reviews will be good for UT campuses
Some professors at Texas university campuses have had a rude awakening, and at least a few are very unhappy. On Thursday, University of Texas System regents unanimously endorsed a call […]
Why Do I Think This Is Just Window-Dressing?
By Jane S. Shaw For a while, Texas was the hotbed of academic reform. A few regents, at least, were serious about improving faculty productivity, and the Texas Public Policy Foundation […]
UT regents approve new rules for faculty reviews – By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz – AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF University of Texas System regents have firmed up rules on reviewing the performance of tenured faculty members at the system’s nine academic and […]
Higher education in 2012: a global perspective
Eliza Anyangwe In the last of our (The Guardian) predictions series, we ask HE leaders in the US, Australia, India and South Africa to share what trends and issues could […]
UT’s Powers Responds to Obama’s Affordability Push – by Reeve Hamilton.
Enlargephoto by: Todd Wiseman University of Texas at Austin President, William Powers – Dec. 14, 2011 By Reeve Hamilton. In a Friday morning speech at the University […]
Young Conservatives press UT-Austin for open tuition meetings
by Kolten Parker The Young Conservatives of Texas have called on the University of Texas System Board of Regents to throw out a proposed tuition increase and require open meetings on tuition at […]
Finish@UT allows students chance to complete degree
By Jody Serrano Students who did not complete their degree at the University of Texas now have the opportunity to obtain an online degree from three UT system schools.
