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Tom Hicks, Kay Bailey Hutchison among those who helped underqualified students get into UT-Austin, records show

2015-07-20T23:16:17-05:00

By Bobby Blanchard and Christy Hoppe The Dallas Morning News Originally published July 20, 2015 AUSTIN – Dozens of highly influential Texans – including lawmakers, millionaire donors and university regents – helped under-qualified students get into the University of Texas at Austin, often by writing to UT officials, records show. Among those who wrote directly to then-President Bill Powers and then-Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa, bypassing the admissions office, were famed golfer and UT grad Ben Crenshaw, former UT regent H. Scott Caven Jr., Austin lawyer Roy Minton and Sens. Kevin Eltife and Carlos Uresti, records obtained by The Dallas Morning News show. [...]

Tom Hicks, Kay Bailey Hutchison among those who helped underqualified students get into UT-Austin, records show2015-07-20T23:16:17-05:00

UT-Austin students take McRaven’s side in records fight with regent Hall

2015-07-17T17:21:46-05:00

By Benjamin Wermund Houston Chronicle Originally published July 16, 2015 In the ongoing fight over records between University of Texas System leaders, the students of the system's flagship UT Austin have sided with Chancellor Bill McRaven. UT Regent Wallace Hall, Jr. sued McRaven last month, saying he should be allowed to see federally protected student information that the University of Texas turned over to a private investigator. In a letter sent to the chancellor and regents this week, the presidents of the student government, Senate of College Councils and the president of the Graduate Student Assembly - three groups representing 50,000 [...]

UT-Austin students take McRaven’s side in records fight with regent Hall2015-07-17T17:21:46-05:00

UT regents ask AG to ignore Hall’s request for information

2015-05-05T13:41:17-05:00

By Matthew Watkins The Texas Tribune Originally published May 4, 2015 In the latest bit of infighting among the governing board of the University of Texas System, the Board of Regents on Monday asked the state attorney general to ignore one of its member's request for help accessing confidential student information. The board approved a letter saying the regent, Wallace Hall, doesn't have a right to "unfettered" information from the system. The letter also says that Hall doesn't have a right to ask Attorney General Ken Paxton to weigh in on the issue. The regents voted 8-0 to send the letter [...]

UT regents ask AG to ignore Hall’s request for information2015-05-05T13:41:17-05:00

UT regents call special meeting on Hall’s new information requests

2015-04-07T15:13:23-05:00

By Matthew Watkins The Texas Tribune Originally published April 6, 2015 Inquiries by a grand jury and an outside consultant have wrapped up. Calls for resignation have been ignored, and impeachment efforts have stalled. But the controversy over requests for information from University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall continues to boil. The system’s board of regents on Monday called a special meeting for this week to discuss a new request from Hall. The outspoken regent is seeking information about a March investigative report by Kroll Associates that was critical of UT-Austin President Bill Powers and other top university officials. According [...]

UT regents call special meeting on Hall’s new information requests2015-04-07T15:13:23-05:00

Analysis: Hall saga begins with closed meeting, could end with a stage, spotlight

2014-05-16T14:36:05-05:00

By Ross Ramsey The Texas Tribune Originally published May 16, 2014 This episode of the Wallace Hall saga begins with state lawmakers holding a transparency meeting in private. Some groups objecting to that opacity are financed by donors they will not reveal, some of whom aim, as Hall does, to change the way things are done in higher education in Texas. And it could very well end with a stage, a spotlight and an audience for a government appointee who has been trying to bring attention to the practices of the state’s most prestigious public university. Hall, appointed by Gov. Rick Perry to [...]

Analysis: Hall saga begins with closed meeting, could end with a stage, spotlight2014-05-16T14:36:05-05:00

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