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Self Description

May 2002: "Welcome to The University of Texas at Austin, the largest component of The University of Texas System. UT Austin is a major research University that is home to over 48,000 students, 2,700 faculty, and 17,000 staff members." http://www.utexas.edu/welcome/

Third-Party Descriptions

February 2012: "By agreeing to hear a major case involving race-conscious admissions at the University of Texas, the court thrust affirmative action back into the public and political discourse after years in which it had mostly faded from view. Both supporters and opponents of affirmative action said they saw the announcement — and the change in the court’s makeup since 2003 — as a signal that the court’s five more conservative members might be prepared to do away with racial preferences in higher education."

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/us/justices-to-hear-case-on-affirmative-action-in-higher-education.html

April 2007: These were just the latest in a series of revelations that have already shown that financial aid directors at three universities — Columbia, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Southern California — held stock in the company, as did an Education Department official who helps oversee student lenders.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/10/education/10loan.html

Relationships

RoleNameTypeLast Updated
Owner of (partial or full, past or present) Harry Ransom Center (HRC) Organization Nov 27, 2007
Owner of (partial or full, past or present) Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs Organization Jun 19, 2006
Owner of (partial or full, past or present) McCombs School of Business Organization Feb 4, 2008
Owned by (partial or full, past or present) University of Texas System Organization Apr 27, 2004
Student/Trainee (past or present) James A. Baker III Person
Student/Trainee (past or present) Ann Beeson Esq. Person Dec 21, 2005
Student/Trainee (past or present) Paul Begala Esq. Person Oct 3, 2006
Student/Trainee (past or present) William "Bill" J. Bennett Esq. Person Oct 4, 2005
Student/Trainee (past or present) Sen. Lloyd M. Bentsen Esq. Person Jan 12, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Oren Bracha Esq. Person Aug 9, 2007
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Jenifer L. Bratter Ph.D. Person Apr 3, 2008
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Professor Thomas Buergenthal Esq. Person May 17, 2007
Student/Trainee (past or present) Gov. John "Jeb" Bush Person
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Constantine Caramanis Ph.D. Person Sep 3, 2011
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Robert Dawson Esq. Person Aug 16, 2005
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Norman C. Ellstrand Ph.D. Person Apr 14, 2007
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Cynthia Estlund Esq. Person Oct 19, 2006
Student/Trainee (past or present) Donald L. Evans Person May 19, 2004
Student/Trainee (past or present) Armando Falcon Jr., Esq. Person Jul 6, 2005
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Dr. Emil J. Freireich M.D. Person Jul 5, 2007
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Joe L. Frost Ed.D. Person Apr 4, 2007
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Professor John Kenneth Galbraith Person Sep 8, 2005
Organization Executive (past or present) Dean George W. Gau Person Feb 4, 2008
Student/Trainee (past or present) Preston "Pete" M. Geren Person May 31, 2007
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Mark P. Gergen Esq. Person Aug 3, 2007
Student/Trainee (past or present) Brandi Grissom Person Dec 20, 2011
Student/Trainee (past or present) Shelby Hallmark Person May 14, 2007
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Daniel S. Hamermesh Person Nov 11, 2005
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. John M. Hoberman Ph.D. Person Mar 10, 2008
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Henry T.C. Hu Person
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. James E. Katz Ph.D. Person Nov 16, 2007
Organization Executive (past or present) Dr. Dale E. Klein Ph.D. Person Jan 30, 2007
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Susan Riva Klein Esq. Person Dec 20, 2011
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Douglas Laycock Person Oct 9, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Brian Leiter Esq. Person Jan 5, 2011
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Sanford Victor Levinson Esq. Person Aug 1, 2011
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Lynn M. LoPucki Esq. Person
Financial Recipient from (past or present) Billy Joe "BJ" "Red" McCombs Person Apr 19, 2012
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Thomas O. McGarity Esq. Person Jul 13, 2005
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) John Mendelsohn Person
Student/Trainee (past or present) Brian Moulton Esq. Person May 15, 2012
Student/Trainee (past or present) Arvind Narayanan Ph.D. Person Jun 1, 2011
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Jay Ogilvy Ph.D. Person Apr 14, 2007
Student/Trainee (past or present) Allan E. Parker Jr., Esq. Person Jul 14, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. John A. Robertson Esq. Person Nov 13, 2005
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Nestor Rodriguez Ph.D. Person Jul 25, 2007
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Karl Rove Person Jan 24, 2007
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Anthony B. Sanders Person Apr 23, 2010
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Kelly J. Shackelford Esq. Person Apr 9, 2007
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Vitaly Shmatikov Ph.D. Person Apr 22, 2010
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Thomas F. Staley Person Nov 27, 2007
Student/Trainee (past or present) Bob Stallman Person Sep 7, 2006
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Prof. Jordan Steiker Esq. Person Aug 16, 2005
Student/Trainee (past or present) Prof. Siva Vaidhyanathan Person Jul 23, 2008
Student/Trainee (past or present) Krissah Williams MA Person Feb 1, 2007
Student/Trainee (past or present) Rep. James "Jim" Claude Wright Jr. Person Dec 7, 2005
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) President Mark G. Yudof Esq. Person Nov 21, 2011

Articles and Resources

Date Fairness.com Resource Read it at:
Feb 21, 2012 Justices Take Up Race as a Factor in College Entry

QUOTE: In a 2003 decision that the majority said it expected would last for 25 years, the Supreme Court allowed public colleges and universities to take account of race in admission decisions...By agreeing to hear a major case involving race-conscious admissions at the University of Texas, the court thrust affirmative action back into the public and political discourse after years in which it had mostly faded from view.

 New York Times
Jun 21, 2010 In Law Schools, Grades Go Up, Just Like That

QUOTE: the tactic getting the most attention — and the most controversy — is the sudden, deliberate and dubiously effective grade inflation, which had begun even before the legal job market softened.

 New York Times
Jun 22, 2009 VA Moves Texas Brain Laboratory After Years Pass Without Testing

QUOTE: the Department of Veterans Affairs established a laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin with high expectations that it would conduct state-of-the art research into combat-related brain injuries. Last month, VA announced it was moving the facility, after spending more than $3 million without testing a single veteran with traumatic brain injury.

 Washington Post
Apr 17, 2007 How safe are college campuses?: The shootings at Virginia Tech may challenge a cherished culture of openness.

QUOTE: Already, Virginia Tech, where 32 people were killed Tuesday by a student who then killed himself, is under attack for not locking down campus after the first of two shootings. But experts note that tighter security in the aftermath of violence isn't always effective. Instead, some argue, universities must focus more on preventive measures like outreach and helping students identify early signs of trouble.

 Christian Science Monitor
Apr 17, 2007 Adult Education: Are You Getting What You Pay For?

QUOTE: Many schools are pushing certificate programs, groups of related courses packaged together — but quality can vary widely. We spoke with academic experts to find out how you can tell the A-list programs from the duds.

 Smart Money
Apr 16, 2007 Couch Entitlement: Surprise—men do just as much work as women do.

QUOTE: Everyone from economists and sociologists to Oprah knows that women work more than men. Their longer combined hours, at the home and at the office, stop men from taking afternoon naps on the couch and cause fights that end with men spending nights on the couch. And yet according to new study, those longer hours are a myth, because it's just not true that women carry a heavier load.

 Slate
Apr 15, 2007 Author's Poverty Views Disputed Yet Utilized: Materials Have Guided Va., Md. Teachers

QUOTE: According to Ruby K. Payne, a consultant to school systems locally and nationwide, teachers should know a few things about poor people...At the American Educational Research Association's annual conference in Chicago last week, professors from the University of Texas at Austin delivered a report on Payne that argued that more than 600 of her descriptions of poverty in "Framework" cannot be proved true.

 Washington Post
Apr 10, 2007 Student Lender Had Early Plans to Woo Officials

QUOTE: The founders of Student Loan Xpress had an explicit plan for corralling a bigger share of the lucrative student loan business: “market to the financial aid offices of schools.”...Five years later the company says it is the eighth-largest player in student lending — and it found many ways to court university financial aid directors. It put them on a company advisory board, paid at least two as consultants and sold stock in the venture to others, investigators and university officials say.

 New York Times
Aug 31, 2006 Students’ Paths to Small Colleges Can Bypass SAT

QUOTE: Test scores, college officials say, present a skewed picture both of poor students who have had little formal preparation, and wealthy ones who spend thousands of dollars — not to mention evenings, weekends and summers — on tutoring.

 New York Times
Apr 17, 2006 Arrests Don't End Wage Protests: U-Va. Students Continue Rallies

QUOTE: The arrests Saturday evening of 17 University of Virginia students who had occupied a campus building for four days to protest the wages paid to university employees did nothing to deter a crowd of demonstrators yesterday, as students continued to call for higher pay.

 Washington Post
Nov 24, 2003 Student Group Lists Professors It Considers Too Politicized: Texas Conservative Organization Claims Fair Notice; Opponents Fear Academic Censorship

QUOTE: The list...criticizes 10 professors...for using their classrooms to promote personal agendas and "indoctrinate" students. Kinghorn insists the list is a tool for students to make informed course choices. Critics call it a blacklist whose goal is to intimidate liberal professors and cramp academic freedom.

 Washington Post
Jun 30, 2002 A Hospital's Conflict Of Interest: Patients Weren't Told Of Stake in Cancer Drug

QUOTE: [M.D. Anderson Cancer Center] One of the nation's largest cancer centers enrolled 195 people in tests of an experimental drug without informing them that the institution's president held a financial interest in the product that stood to earn him millions.

 Washington Post