August 2012
“A university of the cut-rate class?” by Jane Chesnutt (Austin American-Statesman – August 20, 2012)
June 2012
“Heart-ing Powers” by the editorial board (The Daily Texan – June 4, 2012)
May 2012
“Tuition critics want it both ways” by the editorial board (Dallas Morning News – May 22, 2012)
“Student Leaders: ‘We Refuse To Be Complacent’ About UT” by Michael Morton, Thor Lund and Michael Redding (The Alcalde – May 16, 2012)
“Powers’ comments about regents didn’t have to be ‘strong’ to be too much” by Tom Palaima (Austin American-Statesman – May 14, 2012)
“Rumors over UT president’s job show poor timing” by Patricia Kilday Hart (Houston Chronicle – May 10, 2012)
“Now Is No Time for Instability” by Machree Gibson (The Alcalde – May 10, 2012)
April 2012
“Texas leaders with balanced approach need to step up” by Patricia Kilday Hart (Houston Chronicle – April 24, 2012)
“A&M regents failed to protect university” by President of Texas A&M Ray M. Bowen and John Hagler (Bryan-College Station Eagle – April 21, 2012)
“Fewer grapes won’t fix gripes” by the editorial board (The Daily Texan – April 16, 2012)
March 2012
“Halt the hatchet to higher education” by the editorial board (The Daily Texan – March 26, 2012)
“Perry’s low-cost college plan works” by Tom Lindsay (San Antonio Express-News – March 23, 2012)
“Higher education at a ‘freemium’” by Katherine Taylor (The Daily Texan – March 22, 2012)
“Greater higher education access will help our state” by Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp (Austin American-Statesman – March 12, 2012)
January 2012
“University research is vital to the future of Texas” by UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa M.D. and Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp – Houston Chronicle – January 11, 2012)
“How UT Professors Are Like Chefs” by J.P. Olivelle (The Alcalde – January 9, 2012)
“No benefit in mischaracterizing ills of higher education” by Michael K. McLendon (Houston Chronicle – January 4, 2012)
December 2011
“Special adviser mess ends with settlement” by the editorial board (San Antonio Express-News – December 31, 2011)
“Radical reform of higher education is inevitable” by Ronald L. Trowbridge (Houston Chronicle – December 21, 2011)
“Make the most of MyEdu” by Natalie Butler, Alan Friedman and Carisa Nietsche (The Daily Texan – December 1, 2011)
November 2011
“Deliberate deception” by Taylor Wolken (The Battalion – November 21, 2011)
“Higher education’s ruffled feathers” by the editorial board (The Daily Texan – November 21, 2011)
“UT Austin: A model of waste, or efficiency?” by Daniel de Vise (The Washington Post – November 18, 2011)
“Trying to Measure the University of Texas” by Daniel Luzer (Washington Monthly – November 18, 2011)
“Breaking Down the Numbers on ‘Flawed’ Productivity Analysis” by Jennifer Sarver (The Alcalde – November 18, 2011)
“Musick’s report hits the wrong note” by Francis D. Fisher (The Daily Texan – November 16, 2011)
“Higher Ed Reform Needs a Student Focus, Young Alum Says” by Muneezeh Kabir (The Alcalde – November 15, 2011)
“‘In the interest of transparency’” by the editorial board (The Daily Texan – November 15, 2011)
“The sound of Musick” by the editorial board (The Daily Texan – November 14, 2011)
“National Higher Education Policy Expert Calls UT Austin Faculty ‘Highly Productive’” by Texas Coalition for Excellence in Higher Education (November 14, 2011)
“Quotes to note: UT productivity report and MyEdu” by the editorial board (The Daily Texan – November 14, 2011)
UT Austin Press Release: “Texas Reaps Twice as Much as It Pays for University of Texas at Austin Faculty” (November 12, 2011)
“Reverse MyEdu decision or resign” by Michael Bisesi (The Daily Texan – November 9, 2011)
“Crosno: MyEdu, UT allies in education” by Michael Crosno (Austin American-Statesman – November 7, 2011)
“A blueprint for improving graduation rates in Texas” by Francisco Cigarroa (Dallas Morning News – November 6, 2011)
“Failing to see the big picture in the MyEdu debate” by April Bennett, Kristina Jakstas and Jeremy Rachel (The Daily Texan – November 6, 2011)
“MyEdu decision process flawed” by Larisa Manescu (The Daily Texan – November 6, 2011)
“Iverson: Inspiration at heart of education” by Brent Iverson (Austin American-Statesman – November 5, 2011)
“Burnt orange paint job” by the editorial board (The Daily Texan – November 3, 2011)
“Transparency absent in MyEdu deal” by the editorial board (Austin American-Statesman – November 2, 2011)
“Oversight not out of mind” by the editorial board (The Daily Texan – November 2, 2011)
“Battling perceptions, avoiding drought” by the editorial board (The Daily Texan – November 1, 2011)
October 2011
“‘Time to give a damn’” by Robert Carpenter (The Battalion – October 24, 2011)
“Thanksgiving with the Powells” by the editorial board (The Daily Texan – October 17, 2011)
“TPPF’s new higher education baggage” by the editorial board (The Daily Texan – October 13, 2011)
“Technology for education, not profit” by the editorial board (The Daily Texan – October 13, 2011)
“Texas Universities Should Be Engines of Opportunity” by Keshav Rajagopalan and Natalie Butler (The Alcalde – October 12, 2011)
“Research has economic value for Texans” by H. Swint Friday (Corpus Christi Caller Times – October 7, 2011)
“The need for basic research” by the editorial board (The Daily Texan – October 3, 2011)
September 2011
“Politics not as usual” by Katherine Taylor (The Daily Texan – September 28, 2011)
“Texas-style reform a bad fit for Florida’s universities” by the editorial board (Sun-Sentinel – September 25, 2011)
“Top-Down Change Is Dangerous for Texas Higher Education” by Pamela Willeford (The Alcalde – September 23, 2011)
“Overview: A reminder to the Regents” by the editorial board (The Daily Texan – September 23, 2011)
“For universities’ sake, let’s keep politics away” by Kenneth Ashworth (Austin American-Statesman – September 19, 2011)
“Include students to improve degree plans” by Samantha Katsounas (The Daily Texan – September 19, 2011)
“In defense of University faculty” by Larisa Manescu (The Daily Texan – September 18, 2011)
“Texas A&M: A case study in failure in governance” by Jon Hagler (Houston Chronicle – September 17, 2011)
“A victory for higher education in Texas” by Samuel B. Scarpino (The Daily Texan – September 15, 2011)
“This House Stands United” by Tim Taliaferro (The Alcalde – September 15, 2011)
“Embracing change and continuity 6th State of the University Address” by the editorial board (The Daily Texan – September 14, 2011)
“Perry and the Profs” by Andrew Ferguson (The Weekly Standard – September 10, 2011)
“Victory by Compromise” by Ronald Trowbridge (Texas Public Policy Foundation – September 7, 2011)
“You Get What You Pay For” by Gaye Tuchman (The New York Times – September 6, 2011)
“Statistical stand-off” by Shabab Siddiqui (The Daily Texan – September 6, 2011)
“The most polite burglar” by Dave Player (The Daily Texan – September 6, 2011)
“Following the lead of fools” by Emil Kresl (The Daily Texan – September 5, 2011)
“Perry’s Texas has long way to go on higher education” by Ken Herman (Austin American-Statesman – September 3, 2011)
“Politics and academics don’t mix” by John D. Foster (Longview News-Journal – September 3, 2011)
“Cigarroa’s plan good for system” by the editorial board (San Antonio Express-News – September 3, 2011)
“Measuring Productivity and Efficiency at a Research University” by UT Austin President William Powers (Tower Talk – September 1, 2011)
August 2011
“Transparency in Texas Higher Ed: See For Yourself” by J.J. Baskin (The Alcalde – August 31, 2011)
“Texas plan would sabotage future” by John Boyles (Tampa Bay Online – August 31, 2011)
“UT chancellor offers a way past the higher education wars” by the editorial board (Dallas Morning News – August 30, 2011)
“The university assembly line” by Matt Daley (The Daily Texan – August 30, 2011)
“The Know-Nothing Assault on Higher Education” by Daniel Hamermesh (The Alcalde – August 30, 2011)
“A vision for the UT System” by the editorial board (The Daily Texan – August 29, 2011)
“Protect Value at All Costs” by Tim Taliaferro (The Alcalde – August 28, 2011)
“Rick Perry Is a Higher-Education Visionary. Seriously.” by Kevin Carey (The New Republic – August 25, 2011)
“President Powers steers UT in new directions” by Francis D. Fisher (The Daily Texan – August 25, 2011)
“Academic Research Is Classroom Preparation” by James H. Cox (The Alcalde – August 20, 2011)
“Want to Be a Good Researcher? Try Teaching” by Dan Berrett (Chronicle of Higher Education – August 18, 2011)
“Sharp brings edge to A&M System” by the Editorial Board (Amarillo Globe-News – August 17, 2011)
“Poor management hurts college completion rates” by Ronald Trowbridge (Houston Chronicle – August 17, 2011)
“Texas continues building on higher ed successes” by Gov. Rick Perry (San Antonio Express-News – August 10, 2011)
“The Widget Theory of Higher Education” by Peter Flawn (republished August 9, 2011 – originally published October 1979)
“The Self-Exam That Higher Education Would Rather Not Conduct” by Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus (Chronicle of Higher Education – August 7, 2011)
“Results-based model for higher education within reach” by Jeff Sandefer (Houston Chronicle – August 6, 2011)
“Teaching and Research: Inseparable for What I Do” by H. W. Brands (The Alcalde – August 5, 2011)
“States Prove Weak Link in Supporting Research Universities” by Ken Stier (Miller – McCune – August 5, 2011)
“All Hail the Humanities” by Janet Davis (The Alcalde – August 4, 2011)
“At UT and A&M, The ‘Status Quo’ Is Striving for Excellence” by Jenifer Sarver (The Alcalde – August 4, 2011)
“Frank talk, debate on the future of Texas universities” by Rick O’Donnell (Austin American-Statesman – Aug. 1, 2011)
July 2011
“Research isn’t sole issue” by Dave Player (The Daily Texan – July 28, 2011)
“What Entrepreneurs Can Teach Academia” by Arthur B. Markman (The Texas Tribune – July 26, 2011)
“Iron Cage of Accountability” by Douglas Dempster and Steven J. Tepper (Inside Higher Ed – July 26, 2011)
“Quotes to note: Report ruffles feathers” by The Daily Texan Editorial Board (The Daily Texan – July 24, 2011)
“Begging the Question” by Tim Taliaferro (The Alcalde – July 22, 2011)
“O’Donnell misses the mark again” by Matt Daley (The Daily Texan – July 20, 2011)
“Why Productivity Data Matter” by Rick O’Donnell (Inside Higher Ed – July 20, 2011)
“Seven Breakthrough Distractions” by Bill Hammond (The Texas Tribune – July 20, 2011)
“Why UT and A&M Need to Change Their Ways” by Wick Allison (D Magazine – July 20, 2011)
“College Inefficiency: Resource Misallocation or Underutilization?” by Richard Vedder (The Chronicle of Higher Education – July 20, 2011)
“Gov. Rick Perry’s ‘Seven Breakthrough Solutions’ would make for bad business, undermine meaning of a university” by Roy Hu (Daily Bruin – July 18, 2011)
“The Inevitable Change Ahead” by Clayton M. Christensen and Henry J. Eyring (Inside Higher Ed – July 14, 2011)
“3 Ways UT Is Boosting Graduation Rates” by Paul Woodruff (The Alcalde – July 13, 2011)
“Let the open debate on higher education flourish” by Ronald L. Trowbridge (East Texas Review – July 13, 2011)
“Vocationalism, Academic Freedom and Tenure” by Stanley Fish (The New York Times – July 11, 2011)
“Tenure proves beneficial to higher education” by Jeffrey C. Leon (The Daily Texan – July 11, 2011)
“Replace tenure with multiyear renewable contracts” by Naomi Schaefer Riley (The Daily Texan – July 11, 2011)
“Keep UT Vibrant, Says Former Student Body President” by Keshav Rajagopalan (The Alcalde – July 8, 2011)
“Quotes to note: 07.07.2011″ (The Daily Texan – July 7, 2011)
“Mythbusting Mr. O, Part II” by J.J. Baskin (The Alcalde – July 6, 2011)
“Mythbusting Mr. O, Part 1″ by J.J. Baskin (The Alcalde – July 5, 2011)
“College degrees as important as ever” by James D. Spaniolo (Fort Worth Star-Telegram – July 5, 2011)
June 2011
“Really? UT Administrators ‘Unproductive’ Because They Teach Too?” by Jennifer Sarver (The Alcalde – June 28, 2011)
“Flawed Productivity Study Places University of Texas President in ‘Least Productive’ Category” by Texas Coalition for Excellence in Higher Education (June 28, 2011)
“Waste not, want not” by Dave Player (The Daily Texan – June 26, 2011)
“Faculty members are productive” by Kevin Andrews (Odessa American – June 25, 2011)
“Best universities attract best scholars, students” by Gerald North (Houston Chronicle – June 25, 2011)
“Don’t centralize higher-education reform” by Matt Daley (The Daily Texan – June 22, 2011)
“Higher education is a waste” by Clark Patterson (The Daily Texan – June 22, 2011)
“Invest more in education” by Matt Daley (The Daily Texan – June 21, 2011)
“Champagne on a beer budget” by Lauren Pierce (The Daily Texan – June 20, 2011)
“Under Assault” by Randolph Lewis (Inside Higher Ed – June 20, 2011)
“Rick Perry’s War on Higher Ed in Texas” by John Willingham (History News Network – June 19, 2011)
“Overview: Where’s Perry; Preserving higher education” by the Editorial Board (The Daily Texan – June 19, 2011)
“Our degrees matter” by Natalie Butler (The Daily Texan – June 19, 2011)
“Tug of war over teaching: The goal is proficiency” by Kristen Brustad (Houston Chronicle – June 19, 2011)
“Tug of war over teaching: It’s not a priority at UT” by Peggy Venable (Houston Chronicle – June 18, 2011)
“Research criticism misses the mark” by Emil Kresl (The Daily Texan – June 12, 2011)
“Stop blaming teachers for everything, and look to the students” by Richard Pells (Austin American-Statesman – June 11, 2011)
“Echoes of troubled past in governor’s plan for colleges” by Forrest G. Hill (Austin American-Statesman – June 10, 2011)
“Another Look at UT Productivity Report” by Joseph Daniel Ura (The Texas Tribune – June 9, 2011)
“How to measure the learning experience at the University of Texas” by UT Austin President William Powers (June 8, 2011)
“The Big Picture: Structure, mission, and tools of academia cry out for adjustment, refocus and enhancement” by William Murchison (Texas Public Policy Foundation – June 6, 2011)
“University of Texas faculty workloads vary widely” by Richard Vedder (Austin American-Statesman – June 4, 2011)
“Higher-education ‘reforms’ in Texas would lead to mediocrity” by Andrew Dessler (Fort Worth Star-Telegram – June 4, 2011)
“Both teaching, research are critical” by Brian Perkins (Bryan-College Station Eagle – June 1, 2011)
May 2011
“Texas Governors and Higher Education: Rick Perry Wades into the deep Water at UT and TAMU” by Dr. Richard Murray (KTRK-TV ABC 13 – May 31, 2011)
“Why They Move” by Dan Berrett (Inside Higher Ed – May 31, 2011)
“The Wrong Way to Lower College Costs” by Anthony Grafton and James Grossman (The New York Review of Books – May 31, 2011)
“Research adds value to teaching” by Keith A. Maggert (Bryan-College Station Eagle – May 31, 2011)
“Work together to improve Texas higher education for the next generation” by UT System Regent Steven Hicks (Austin American-Statesman – May 28, 2011)
“With budget tight, Texas waffles on university research” by Mitchell Schnurman (Fort Worth Star-Telegram – May 27, 2011)
“By being shortsighted, Texas will come out the loser” by Philip Burgess (Austin American-Statesman – May 27, 2011)
“Why market principles don’t apply to education” by Kim Hill (Austin American-Statesman – May 27, 2011)
“Hey, Perry: Sit down, bus driver” by Kelly Brown (Bryan-College Station Eagle Blog – May 27, 2011)
“Economic vitality depend on research universities” by Stephen A. Holditch and William R. Brinkley (Houston Chronicle – May 26, 2011)
“R.G.’s Take: Perry Get His Way Again” by R.G. Ratcliffe (BurkaBlog – May 26, 2011)
“Is Gov. Rick Perry Doing ‘Irreparable Harm’ to Texas A&M?” by Dorian de Wind (Huffington Post – May 25, 2011)
“Texas higher ed needs restructuring” by Jonathan Coopersmith (Bryan-College Station Eagle – May 24, 2011)
“Teaching Loads and Affordability: The University of Texas Data” by Richard Vedder (Chronicle of Higher Education – May 23, 2011)
“Gov. Perry is doing irreparable harm to A&M” by the Editorial Board (Bryan-College Station Eagle – May 22, 2011)
“Politics threatens Texas higher ed” by the Editorial Board (San Antonio Express-News – May 22, 2011)
2011 UT Austin Commencement Address by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
“What Texans Learned” by Harvest Moon (Inside Higher Ed – May 17, 2011)
“From Harvard to Austin, but now…” by Jo Ann Hackett and John Huehnergard (Houston Chronicle – May 16, 2011)
“Perry’s op-ed: ‘The Big Lie’” by Paul Burka (Burka Blog – May 16, 2011)
“Separating Truth from Fiction in Higher Education Research” by Gov. Rick Perry (May 16, 2011)
“Research and teaching go hand in hand” by Kim Hill (Bryan-College Station Eagle – May 15, 2011)
“Who Will Pay for More of the Best?” by Sandy Baum and Michael McPherson (Chronicle of Higher Education – May 15, 2011)
“Two Texas professors on why academic research matters” by Jo Ann Hackett and John Huehnergard (Austin American-Statesman – May 14, 2011)
“Regents in Texas push ideas that do lasting damage to higher education” by Tom Palaima (Austin American-Statesman – May 13, 2011)
“Perry, regents need to stop meddling with Texas’ universities” by Editorial Board (Dallas Morning News – May 13, 2011)
“Perry and regents need to step back. Now.” by William McKenzie (Dallas Morning News – May 12, 2011)
“Universities must be accountable and efficient” by Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa (Austin American-Statesman – May 10, 2011)
“Wrong Kind of Accountability?” by Dan Berrett (Inside Higher Ed – May 10, 2011)
“Uncharted waters for UT” by the Editorial Board (Austin American-Statesman – May 6, 2011)
“UT System a leader in accountability” by UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa (Houston Chronicle – May 6, 2011)
“Fates, interests intertwined” by Douglas Luippold (The Daily Texan – May 5, 2011)
“Student leaders deserve a response” by Carisa Nietsche (The Daily Texan – May 4, 2011)
“Hands off UT” by Dave Player (The Daily Texan – May 4, 2011)
“Quotes to Note: Discussing higher education” (The Daily Texan – May 2, 2011)
“The 21,675th article on Shakespeare” by Andres Martinez (The Daily Texan – May 2, 2011)
April 2011
“The Case for Higher Ed Accountability” by Ronald L. Trowbridge (The Texas Tribune – April 29, 2011)
“Applauding Powers” by Douglas Luippold (The Daily Texan – April 28, 2011)
“Sound and fury from the education establishment” by Michael Poliakoff (Austin American-Statesman – April 28, 2011)
“Invitation Only” by Dave Player (The Daily Texan – April 27, 2011)
“Messing with success” by Editorial Board (Houston Chronicle – April 27, 2011)
“A New Era of Collaborative Innovation in Public Higher Education” by William Powers (Tower Talk – April 27, 2011)
“A united voice” by Viviana Aldous (The Daily Texan – April 26, 2011)
“Taking politics out of higher ed” by Holly Heinrich (The Daily Texan – April 26, 2011)
“Alumni voice support, ASU plays role in UT refrom” by the Editorial Board (The Daily Texan – April 25, 2011)
“Research universities best at producing grads” by Kim Quaile Hill (Houston Chronicle – April 23, 2011)
“Online learning vs. E-learning” by Francis Fisher (The Daily Texan – April 22, 2011)
“Goodbye, Rick O’Donnell” by Douglas Luippold (The Daily Texan – April 21, 2011)
“Keeping classes offline” by Dave Player (The Daily Texan – April 20, 2011)
“Why Great Research Universities Are Vital to Texas” by UT Dallas President David Daniel (April 17, 2011)
“Sneak attack on university research” by the Editorial Board (Austin American-Statesman – April 16, 2011)
“Research and teaching go hand-in-hand” by Texas A&M University President R. Bowen Loftin (San Antonio Express-News – April 16, 2011)
“To make Austin the next Silicon Valley, Texas must create the right climate” by Richard A. Miller (Austin American-Statesman – April 15, 2011)
“More questions about Rick O’Donnell” by the Editorial Board (The Daily Texan – April 14, 2011)
“Research is More Important Than Ever” by Carisa Nietsche (The Daily Texan – April 13, 2011)
“Research and teaching overlap” by Andy Ellington (The Daily Texan – April 13, 2011)
“Research makes for better teachers” by Debra E. Clark and Keith M. Parsons (Houston Chronicle – April 10, 2011)
“Research is not the problem” by Michael Benedik, Alan Friedman, Dean Neikirk and Robert Strawser (The Daily Texan – April 8, 2011)
“Research Enhances Teaching” by William Powers (Tower Talk – April 7, 2011)
“At University of Texas, research enhances teaching” by William Powers (Houston Chronicle – April 6, 2011)
March 2011
“Silicon Valley 2.0″ by Lauren Winchester (The Daily Texan – March 31, 2011)
“Texas students should not take back seat to research” by Ronald Trowbridge (Houston Chronicle – March 30, 2011)
“Prioritize research” by Francis Fisher (The Daily Texan – March 30, 2011)
2010 and prior
“When it comes to profitable research, Texas universities are doing something right” by UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa, Texas A&M Chancellor Mike McKinney and Texas Tech Chancellor Kent Hance (Austin American-Statesman – September 23, 2010)
“A struggle for the soul of Texas A&M” by Jon Hagler (Bryan-College Station Eagle – June 21, 2009)
“From Harvard to Austin, but now…” by Jo Ann Hackett and John Huehnergard (Houston Chronicle – May 16, 2011)
