A study released Thursday by a University of Texas at Austin researcher says UT is one of the most efficient schools More… in the country, by some measures of graduation rates and state funding.
Marc Musick, an associate dean at UT’s College of Liberal Arts, compiled the report ahead of this
Gov. Rick Scott hasn’t been specific about his plans to overhaul the state’s higher education system, but he has made clear his intention to make some changes — and higher education reforms in Texas will be a likely template. # More…
In much-anticipated remarks to the University of Texas Board of Regents Thursday, Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa laid out a broad nine-point plan More… to streamline operations across the system, increase accountability and expand science and medical education around the state.
In the months after Gov. Rick Perry gathered Texas higher education officials for a summit on efficiency-based reforms, emails obtained by the Austin American-Statesman More… detail the delicate work that went into crafting the response from the University of Texas regents.
More…The chair of the Senate Committee on Higher Education has filed a comprehensive public information request for documents related to university proposals created by an ally of Gov. Rick Perry and pushed by the governor. Preliminary responses to the request have already yielded new evidence of the governor’s office pressuring
On Thursday, The University of Texas System reassigned special adviser Rick O’Donnell and stipulated that the former Colorado higher ed chief’s position will be terminated at the end of the current fiscal year. The move — which was much more high-profile than the initial hiring of the former Texas Public More…
