Editor’s note: This story and headline have been changed to reflect it is only being considered. AUSTIN (KXAN) — The University of Texas System’s board of regents announced during its Thursday meeting ...

The University of Texas System Board of Regents — a board comprised of governor appointees — will now have “ultimate” power over its universities' hiring, curriculum and degree offerings, in ...

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The University of Texas at Austin on Monday released a statement affirming its “non-negotiable” commitment to academic freedom, which, it says, “lies at the core of the academic enterprise” and “is ...

The University of Texas’s newest engineering building will be named for self-made Texas oil billionaire and late UT alumnus Autry C. Stephens, the university announced Monday. The Autry C. Stephens ...

The Trump administration has made a sweeping offer to the University of Texas at Austin: sign onto a hardline education overhaul in exchange for preferential access to federal funding. The UT System's ...

UT Austin is one of nine universities the Trump administration has asked to sign an agreement in order to receive an advantage in accessing federal funds. The letters from the White House came with a ...

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The University of Texas System announced Wednesday it will expand its free tuition program for lower-income families to include all families making $100,000 or less a year. The Board of Regents gave ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil aims to burnish its growing diplomatic stature by pushing Middle East peace next week as it welcomes Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad just two weeks after a ...