“I believe in reform. I know Bill Powers believes in reform”

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UT Regents Face Allegations of Meddling

• by Reeve Hamilton
• March 1, 2013

House Higher Education Chairman Dan Branch, R-Dallas, is worried that the 2013 legislative session could become a repeat of 2011, when his agenda was overshadowed by tension between university system regents, academic leaders, and lawmakers over questions of governance and reforms.

The situation became so heated that a special oversight committee was formed to hold public hearings on the way higher education institutions in the state were governed, and how reforms were being implemented.

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“I believe in reform. I know Bill Powers believes in reform,” said Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst. “That’s why I’m particularly troubled when I see UT regents going around this man and this administration.”