Posted on 04/25/2014 12:37:54 PM PDT by Academiadotorg
We have long held that trustees dont do nearly enough to act as a reality check on the universities they are entrusted with. Of course, when one comes along, the universities dont like it one bit.
The University of Texas system has spent the past two years airing plenty of dirty laundry, and that is thanks in large part to Wallace L. Hall Jr., Jack Stripling reports in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Mr. Hall, who was appointed to the Texas Board of Regents in 2011, has made it his mission to look into the dark corners of the university, focusing much of his attention on the flagship campus in Austin, where Mr. Hall has questioned spending and admissions decisions.
With the gusto of a muckraking reporter, the Texas businessman has spent hours and hours sifting through boxes of university documents, searching for evidence of sweetheart deals or even cover-ups.
Putative muck-raking journalists might take note: Weve covered UT-Austin for years Theres no shortage of material there.
Not too surprisingly, Halls efforts have earned him the enmity of both the academic and political establishment. Last year, the nominally Republican Speaker of the House, Joe Straus, commissioned high-powered Houston attorney Rusty Hardin to investigate, not the UT system, but Hall himself.
Malcolm A. Kline is the Executive Director of Accuracy in Academia.
If you would like to comment on this article, e-mail mal.kline@academia.org.
Just who in the Sam Hell does he think he is. Coming in here and investigating us as if we are criminals who would commit scurrilous crimes with the Universities money.
Ahhhh the folks with their hands in the cookie jar don’t like it when you catch them stealing
You mean with the TAXPAYERS moneys??? Oh yeah I forgot those in charge really believe it is their money
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