End the forgivable loan program
Last year, Larry Sager, former dean of UT School of Law, loaned himself $500,000 from a private fund used to sweeten employment offers. When a group of disgruntled law school professors filed an open...
View ArticleRegents rein in foundation funding
The UT System Board of Regents took nearly one year to review and address disclosures about loans to the faculty from a foundation established to support the UT School of Law. In December 2011, those...
View ArticleUT System General Counsel Barry Burgdorf resigns from post
Barry Burgdorf, UT System vice chancellor and general counsel, has resigned.Burgdorf, who has served since 2005, could not be reached for comment, but Dan Sharphorn, associate vice chancellor and...
View ArticleIn tense meeting, Board of Regents votes to commission external audit of UT...
Update - Reaction from President William Powers Jr. after the Board of Regents' decision: "Any implication that what occurred today is [about] not being transparent or forthcoming with information to...
View ArticleRegent Stillwell says fellow regents "beating a dead horse" in investigation...
In what appears to be the next development in the ongoing conflicts surrounding the UT System Board of Regents, the Texas Legislature and President William Powers Jr., individual regents have begun...
View ArticleChanges could be on the horizon for UT fundraising foundations
Read the University External Foundations Profiles to learn more about the history and financial figures of each foundation.Recent public battles over lack of oversight in the University of Texas Law...
View ArticleQuotes to Note: Regent impeachment
Editor’s note: This week, the Texas House of Representatives’ Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations has heard public testimony concerning UT System Regent Wallace Hall’s conduct...
View ArticleFormer UT System vice chancellor alleges Regent Wallace Hall’s ‘clear intent...
A former vice chancellor of the UT System was one of many witnesses Wednesday to testify that UT System Regent Wallace Hall has been targetting President William Powers Jr.“I think there is a clear...
View ArticleUT System Board of Regents votes to waive 'limited' attorney-client privileges
At a specially called meeting Monday, the UT System Board of Regents voted to address issues of attorney-client privilege that have arisen during the ongoing investigation of Regent Wallace Hall,...
View ArticleWith Regent Hall seemingly standing on his own, it's time for him to end the...
On Tuesday of last week, Student Government passed a joint resolution with the Senate of College Councils approving a vote of “no confidence” against Regent Wallace Hall, who is currently under...
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