Texas Tech Chancellor Robert Duncan abruptly announced in an email to system employees Monday that he will be retiring from his position at the end of the month. Duncan’s announcement follows shortly after the system’s Board of Regents met Thursday and Friday to...
Just as he finished his last days as Chancellor of the University of Texas System, William McRaven approved a policy that will make it significantly easier for campus presidents across the state to spend extravagant sums of money on travel. The policy, approved in...
Last month, The University of Texas Board of Regents approved tuition increases across the board for undergraduate students, with increases ranging from 1 percent for some students all the way up to almost 9 percent for others. In-state students at the state’s...
An embattled state representative closely tied with House Speaker Joe Straus has accused Gov. Greg Abbott of trading high-profile appointments to the University of Texas Board of Regents in exchange for large campaign contributions. When asked about the failure of the...
Goodbye to texas university and so long to the Orange and the White, the latest state university to contend with a regent controversy could be Texas A&M. Sources in Austin allege that A&M Chancellor John Sharp’s allies are seeking to extend his contract before...
With his latest nominations to the University of Texas Board of Regents, Gov. Greg Abbott is making an open attack on reform in higher education. On Monday, Abbott announced he would be asking the Texas Senate to replace incumbent regents Alex Cranberg, Brenda...
There were harsh words for State Rep. Dan Flynn (R-Canton) and the rest of the House leadership cartel Tuesday night as a University of Texas regent described the lengths to which lawmakers went to silence a whistleblower. Although Flynn had reportedly been given an...
Yesterday evening the Austin American Statesman published an email between University of Texas Regents Wallace Hall and Paul Foster, in which Hall lays out his explanation of why he has been so dogged in his pursuit of reform at UT, even in the face of attacks from...
When the University of Texas defended itself in the Fisher lawsuit, they provided a list of criteria considered for admission. Not surprisingly, they failed to list what some say almost guarantees admission: a relationship to a powerful politician or big donor. More...
