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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-AUSTIN


UT-San Antonio reaches Texas Tier One status, allowing access to state funds for research

UT-San Antonio is the fifth public university in Texas to achieve Texas Tier One status.

78% of Texas voters think abortion should be allowed in some form, UT poll shows

Only 15% of respondents to a recent University of Texas at Austin poll said access to the procedure should be completely outlawed.

The pandemic showed some Texas universities that they didn’t need the SAT. They might never go back.

Many Texas public universities have committed to accepting students who do not submit SAT or ACT standardized test scores, signaling that test-optional policies could be here to stay.

UT Austin will allow students to live together on campus regardless of gender or sexual identity

The two-year pilot program comes after at least 15 years of students asking for the change. It will allow UT-Austin students to live together in certain residence halls with students of any gender or sexual identity.

Jury awards UT-Austin professor $3 million in pregnancy and sex discrimination suit against university

A jury awarded Evdokia Nikolova damages for past and future pain and suffering after finding UT-Austin illegally discriminated against her when the school denied her tenure.

UT begins $6 billion fundraising campaign, biggest ever among Texas universities

About $1 billion will go to support students, as the cost of living in Austin skyrockets.

UT-Austin can’t call its new think tank The Liberty Institute. Another group already owns the rights to the name.

First Liberty Institute, a Plano-based religious freedom legal group, has a registered trademark for the name and said it has alerted UT-Austin that it objects to them using it.

UT System creates $300 million endowment to help seven universities expand free tuition programs

The endowment will increase the number of students who qualify for free tuition and fees at UT-Arlington, UT-Dallas, UT-El Paso, UT-Permian Basin, UT-Rio Grande Valley, UT-San Antonio and UT-Tyler.

Analysis: Giving professors freedom, so long as they agree with politicians

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants to revoke tenure for professors teaching lessons about race that he disagrees with. It’s a new chapter of an old fight between academics and populist politicians.

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UT Austin President Jay Hartzell defends faculty tenure after Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick proposes to end it at all public universities

Patrick’s suggestion to end tenure at public universities received swift criticism from faculty and higher education experts who said it would negatively impact the reputation of Texas’ colleges and universities.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick proposes ending university tenure to combat critical race theory teachings

Patrick’s declarations come days after the UT-Austin Faculty Council approved a measure reaffirming instructors’ right to teach about racial justice and critical race theory in the classroom.

UT faculty members demand answers after Dan Patrick says Liberty Institute intended to fight critical race theory

The lieutenant governor vowed to ban the teaching of critical race theory at Texas’ public colleges and universities.

Texas college students confront anxiety, apathy as another pandemic semester begins

As Texas universities and colleges begin a fifth semester during the COVID-19 pandemic, many students say they are struggling with uncertainty and an indifference toward school and the future.

10 Texas stories you don’t want to miss as we say goodbye to 2021

It was another historic, news-filled year. As you get ready for 2022, check out these memorable articles The Texas Tribune published in 2021.

UT-Austin professors criticize university for halting antiracism study with preschoolers

The decision to halt the study comes after a University of Michigan-Flint professor filed an Office for Civil Rights complaint against the study, arguing it discriminates against children of color. But professors said pausing the study sets a negative precedent that could impact academic freedom.

UT-Austin to keep Stan Richards’ name on advertising school after he called motel campaign “too Black”

Richards’ comments in 2020 led to his resignation from his Dallas-based company, The Richards Group, as well as calls for the university to change the name of the Stan Richards College of Advertising and Public Relations, which launched in 2014.

The new University of Austin hopes to counter what its founders say is a culture of censorship at most colleges

The university's mission is to create a “fiercely independent” school that offers an alternative to what founders see as a rise in “illiberalism” on college campuses.

More Texas voters unhappy than satisfied over power grid, abortion and property taxes, UT/TT Poll finds

Most voters approve of using state money to add border barriers between Texas and Mexico. But 57% disapprove of a new abortion law’s provision allowing lawsuits against people who help someone get the procedure.

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UT-Austin attempts to calm faculty concerns over planned Liberty Institute organized with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, conservative donors

Provost Sharon Wood attempted to reassure faculty that the new institute is an investment in politics, philosophy and economics to attract new faculty. But some professors said they’re concerned UT-Austin is allowing the Legislature to politicize the university with the new center.

UTSA stopped displaying the ‘Come and Take it’ flag at football games and now faces criticism from its Board of Regents

UTSA decided to end the six-year tradition because the phrase had become “incongruent” with the university’s values and it did not want to become embroiled in a divisive issue.

Texas NAACP, students file federal civil rights complaint over UT-Austin’s ‘Eyes of Texas’

The complaint signals a continued desire among some UT-Austin students and alumni to push administrators to discontinue using the song as the university’s alma mater, despite the university’s insistence that it will remain.

UT-Austin working with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, conservative donors to create “limited government” think tank

Proposals obtained by The Texas Tribune indicate the institute would be “dedicated to the study and teaching of individual liberty, limited government, private enterprise and free markets.”

University of Texas president defends decision to join SEC as lawmakers criticize timing and impact on other schools

Jay Hartzell said the switch to the Southeastern Conference was the best thing for UT-Austin’s student athletes and the university. Texas senators expressed disdain for the move and questioned how it came about.

Federal judge tosses lawsuit that sought to end UT-Austin’s affirmative action policy

The judge found that the group behind the suit had essentially brought the same claims in a previous case in which the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the University of Texas at Austin’s policy.

University of Texas officially asks to join the SEC

The university is seeking to leave the Big 12 along with the University of Oklahoma, a move that would have wide-ranging impact on Texas college athletics.

After UT-Austin signals a Big 12 exit, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick moves to create a Senate panel focused on college sports’ future

The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Oklahoma are expected to leave the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference. The move throws the athletics future of several other Texas schools into uncertainty.

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