Re “Deal Allows University of Texas President to Keep Job for Now” (news article, July 10): In the case involving the president of the University of Texas at Austin, William C. Powers Jr., many...
The eyes of Texas were not the only ones upon Austin last week […]
The academic term just completed could turn out to be a watershed in the national movement to increase accountability in American higher education. Over the past school year, roughly 200 American universities began measuring...
After years of clashes with Texas Gov. Rick Perry and the group that oversees the University of Texas System, the president of its flagship Austin campus reached a resignation deal Wednesday that will keep...
University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers will step down as of June 2, 2015, after a years-long feud with the university system’s chancellor and Board of Regents. Powers, who has led the...
After years of rising tensions with his boss and the Board of Regents, Bill Powers will resign as president of the University of Texas—but on his own terms. Powers said Wednesday that he will...
The president of the University of Texas at Austin, the state’s flagship public university, has been asked to leave office following a long-running dispute with the university’s board, a move some academics claim is...
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