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Each institution in the University of Texas System sets its own admissions standards, and not all schools may accept a particular CAP student. [81] UT Dallas does not participate in the CAP program, and University of Texas at San Antonio, the largest recipient of CAP students, has stated that it will be phasing out the program within the next ...
UTA president Jennifer Cowley says UTA West, a new 50-acre campus at the Parker County line, will be a key factor for companies looking to relocate to Fort Worth.
The city of Fort Worth could use $4 million from a special economic development fund to help build the University of Texas at Arlington’s new campus.
Universities and many experts claim higher education institutions are bastions for economic growth. How might UTA’s new campus follow suit?
The Permanent University Fund was established by the 1876 Constitution of the State of Texas. [2] Initially, its assets included one-tenth of University of Texas at Austin lands bordering the railroads (UT Austin was granted 1 million acres (4,000 km 2) in West Texas as compensation) as well as 1 million acres (4,000 km 2) additional. [3]
A regental policy [176] requires at least 45 percent of UT System's share of this money go to the University of Texas at Austin for "program enrichment". By taking two-thirds and multiplying it by 45 percent, UT gets 30 percent, which is the minimum amount of AUF income that can be distributed to the school under current policies. The Regents ...
UT Austin alumni in academia include the 26th president of the College of William & Mary Gene Nichol '76, the 10th president of Boston University Robert A. Brown '73 & '75, and the 8th president of the University of Southern California John R. Hubbard. The university also graduated Alan Bean '55, the fourth man to walk on the Moon.
The university officially opened on August 31, 2015, with UT System chancellor Bill McRaven, U.S. Representative Rubén Hinojosa and Texas State Senator Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa attending the flag-raising ceremony. [17] McRaven said, "One hundred years from now, Texas will look back and say that this day changed Texas forever." [17]