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Rick O’Donnell – I’m Happy To Talk To Anyone And Engage In Frank Discussion
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 posted by Nate Blakeslee at 1:23 PM by Paul Burka of the Texas Monthly Last month, the Statesman’s Jason Embry reported that Governor Perry had turned [...]
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Tuition increases come as universities grapple with tighter budgets and cuts...
By Mary Ann Roser AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Published: 8:56 p.m. Friday, March 18, 2011 As the University of Texas System grapples with tighter budgets and expected losses in state aid, UT regents...
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Evan Smith, Head of The Texas Tribune, Attacks Rick O’Donnell and UT Board of...
by Weston Hicks at Agenda Wise Reports March, 23rd Evan Smith, head of The Texas Tribune, has gone journo-nuclear, attacking UT Board of Regents interested in examining the effectiveness of current...
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Controversy Could Hurt UT in Long Run-UT Regent Cranberg Speaks Out.
By Melissa Ludwig mludwig@express-news.net Recent controversy at the University of Texas System could hamper serious attempts for reform and taint the results of two task forces studying efficiency and...
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UT Education Reform – The Controversy (and Battle) Has Just Begun
By Reeve Hamilton Texas Tribune One week ago, Rick O’Donnell’s employment at the University of Texas System came to an abrupt end after 50 days marked by tension and confusion [...]
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UT Chancellor Cigarroa Noted that Blended and Online Learning Are Critical to...
by Reeve Hamilton photo by: Bob Daemmrich University of Texas System Chancellor Dr. Francisco Cigarroa (l), is congratulated by UT Regents Chairman Gene Powell (r) after the UT Regents gave [...]
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UT Regent Pejovich Presents “University Excellence and Productivity” Task...
By Mary Tuma Full report expected in August Brenda Pejovich, UT Regent University of Texas System Regents received an update on the task force for “University Excellence and Productivity” led [...]
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Push for Higher Education Plan Comes to Shove for a University Chancellor
By Reeve Hamilton At the end of a turbulent week in Texas higher education, the circumstances of the chancellors of the state’s two largest university systems stand in stark contrast. [...]
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UT Powers Wants to Stop Gov. Perry and UT Regents Dead in Their Tracks.
By William Lutz Powers announced change tenured professors can believe in UT President William Powers Jr. gave an unusual live address to the UT community Monday. His talk was officially [...]
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UT Regents Cranberg and Pejovich – Gathering Information to Study, “Fiduciary...
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF On the same day that University of Texas System regents unanimously agreed to refrain from micromanaging the state’s largest university system, at least...
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UT Regent Cranberg – Supports Cigarroa in Call for Greater Transparency and...
Two new appointees to the University of Texas Board of Regents have been peppering UT administrators with frequent, detailed requests for data, prompting one university president to complain and a [...]
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Zaffirini Attacks UT Regent Alex Cranberg for “Facilitating Informed...
By Reeve Hamilton Texas Tribube After a public display of harmony last week, confusion and controversy continues to surround the University of Texas System Board of Regents. To some, a [...]
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UT Controversy – Chairman Powell says, Data is Needed to Help Regents Be Good...
AUSTIN, Texas — A University of Texas System regent has requested detailed data on faculty performance, causing some to further question whether some regents are interfering with academics. Alex...
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Zaffirini’s Hypocrisy – Agitated Effort to Shield UT From Accountability
By Daniel Greer Senator Judith Zaffirini (D-Laredo) is crystallizing her opposition to transparency and controlling skyrocketing tuition costs. Regent Alex Cranberg’s simple information request about...
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Controversial UT Regent Hopes to “Push a Reset Button”
By Reeve Hamilton Enlarge photo by: Bob Daemmrich Regent Alex M. Cranberg at the University of Texas Board of Regents meeting on May 12, 2011. On Feb. 12, Gene Powell, [...]
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UT Controversy – Skyrocketing College Tuition Costs Without Corresponding...
The left wing Texas Tribune ran another article in defense of the UT higher ed status quo. This time, UT regent Alex Cranberg was the subject of discussion and the [...]
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UT Controversy Buzzwords – Accountability, Productivity, Excellence,...
By Reeve Hamilton The current controversy dominating the higher education headlines in Texas is nothing if not nuanced. It’s hard for anyone to disagree with the broad buzzwords used by [...]
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UT Regent Chairman Gene Powell Welcomes Ideas From New Coalition
He looks forward to hearing from this new group and working with them in the areas of quality, access, accountability and transparency By Melissa Ludwig A group of more than [...]
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$70,000 Deal in Hand, ex-UT Official Rips Educators, Lawmaker
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz A $70,000 settlement between the University of Texas System and a former system official seeks, among other things, to “buy peace,” as the agreement released Monday [...]
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Emails Give Insight Into UT Controversy
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz At the height of a controversy about the direction of the school’s governing board earlier this year, the chairman of the University of Texas System regents [...]
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Former UT adviser O’Donnell Says Zaffirini Mounted a Campaign to Demonize the...
By Mary Lee Gran A $70,000 settlement could have bought peace between the University of Texas System and former special adviser Rick O’Donnell, but O’Donnell, who was fired April 19, [...]
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Powers and Cigarroa Unavailable for Comment. Zaffirini Denied Anything Unseemly.
Top UT officials under fire – Former adviser says they blocked release of data By MELISSA LUDWIG Read more: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7635188.html#ixzz1Qr7dEJQe Rick O’Donnell, a...
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UT Controversy – Both Sides Say They Care About Higher Ed
Both believe and fundamentally say they care about the quality and accessibility of higher education. By Reeve Hamilton Randy Diehl, the dean of the University at Texas at Austin’s College [...]
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How Productive Do Professors Have to Be?
By Charlotte Allen The firing of a controversial aide to the University of Texas system has triggered a full-blown debate over the productivity of teachers and whether “star” professors who [...]
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Kenneth Jastrow, Member of the “Coalition” Writes Testy Letter to Powell
Regarding the following article that was written By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz AMERICAN-STATESMAN, students, parents and taxpayers should publicly ask the following question: Is it true or not that UT...
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UT Regents Bless Cigarroa Plan
Written by Reeve Hamilton Enlargephoto by: Bob Daemmrich Chancellor Dr. Fransisco Cigarroa at the University of Texas Board of Regents meeting in Austin on May 11, 2011. At this morning’s [...]
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UT Board Approves Changes
By Melissa Ludwig The University of Texas Board of Regents on Thursday approved an action plan to raise quality and productivity at its 15 institutions in an era of declining [...]
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UT Chancellor Lays Out Broad Plan for Higher Education Reform
New reform framework unites critics and supporters of ‘seven breakthrough solutions’ By Teddy Wilson In much-anticipated remarks to the University of Texas Board of Regents Thursday, Chancellor...
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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. [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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...
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Regent Cranberg fires back at frivolous accusations.
Ralph K.M. Haurwitz (Austin American-Statesman – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) – University of Texas System Regent Alex Cranberg fired back Friday at a critic who wants him and...
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