Posted on 04/30/2014 7:55:17 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan
Why do state universities have boards of trustees? In Texas, where the rather grandiose flagship university system styles its trustees “regents,” the governor appoints representatives to the universities’ governing boards in order to ensure that state resources are being stewarded responsibly. Governor Rick Perry has been more aggressive than most in seeking to reform his state’s higher-education system, from innovations such as his $10,000 degree challenge to such old-fashioned bugaboos as efficiency and institutional honesty. One of the regents he appointed, Dallas businessman Wallace Hall, pursued the latter energetically, and what he helped to uncover was disturbing: The dean of the law school resigned after it was revealed that he had received a $500,000 “forgivable loan” from the law-school foundation, without the university administration’s having been made aware of the extra compensation. And in a development sure to put a grimace on the face of any student or parent who has ever waited with anticipation to hear from a first-choice college or graduate school, Mr. Hall uncovered the fact that members of the Texas legislature were seeking and receiving favorable treatment for family members and political allies in admissions to the university’s prestigious law school.
Given the nature of these scandals — the improper use of political power — it was natural enough that impeachments and criminal investigations followed. What is unnatural — and inexplicable, and indefensible, and shameful — is the fact that it is Wallace Hall who is facing impeachment and possible charges.
Mr. Hall, as noted, was appointed by Governor Perry, and there is no overestimating the depth or intensity of the Texas higher-education establishment’s hatred for Rick Perry. (...) Perry’s dryland-farmer populism is not calculated to please deans of diversity or professors of grievance, but academia’s Perry hatred is more financial than cultural.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
A long article, but worth your time.
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Outstanding article. I have some perspective that might be out of the norm on this.
This is actually how politics is suppose to work. It exposes the trouble spots for the citizens to choose to correct. In this case, elected officials (both democrats and republicans) are using their powers in public. Also in this case, the corruption is being exposed on the liberal/democrat side of things with outrageous reaction from the public. And republicans seem to be benefiting from the expose. Liberal media seems to be doing their best by trumpeting the accusations made by the guilty parties as the moral high ground. But voting citizens seem to be seeing the abuse of power used to cover up liberal corruption.
Wrongful criminal prosecution by the Travis County DA’s office?
Ronnie Earl, Tom DeLay.
Nuff said.
The Travis County DAs’ office is just a symptom of how the huge UT Austin runs that area of Texas. UT Austin should be broken up and scattered through out the state particularly to backwater rural areas.
This is hilarious. Nothing quite like having an honest cop raid the brothel, to foul up business as usual.
“Holy underwear! Sheriff murdered! Innocent women and children blown to bits! We have to protect our phoney baloney jobs here, gentlemen! We must do something about this immediately! Immediately! Immediately! Harrumph! Harrumph! Harrumph!”
The following link is to an article dated Dec. 8, 2011 about UT Law School Dean Larry Sager
and his resignation. It seems normal practice based upon what Sager explains in the article.
UT President Asks Law School Dean to Resign Immediately
https://www.texastribune.org/2011/12/08/dean-ut-law-signs-letter-resignation/
UT is too busy teaching white privilege and gay rights to comment
Thanks!
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