Debate over future of Texas public higher education keeps raging

Holly Hacker:

The University of Texas at Austin should boost enrollment by 10 percent a year and cut tuition at UT System campuses in half, the chairman of the system's board of regents suggests.

That's according to this story in today's Austin American-Statesman. The Statesman obtained a draft memo written by Gene Powell, chairman of the nine-member board, in early April. The memo outlines several goals, including:

• Make UT-Austin the number 1 public university in the country
• Increase undergraduate enrollment at UT-Austin by 10 percent a year for four years starting in 2013
• Determine the percentage increase for the other UT System campuses, including UT-Arlington and UT-Dallas

Posted by Jim Zellmer at May 7, 2011 1:52 AM
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