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JALLEN wrote:Well, thank God for that. You see, I am a graduate of The University of Texas, before there was UT Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, Schulenberg, Blanco, Hye, Gruene and every other little bedroom wannabe community.

The Regents really blotted their copy books when they started that nonsense. They diluted the brand, no pun intended.

If you consider that UT Southwestern is one of the premier medical universities in the world and has had five Nobel Prize winners (Chemistry and Physiology and Medicine), and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is THE premier cancer research facility in the world and has many prestigious prize winners and UTD has three Nobel Prize winners and UT Medical School Houston has Nobel Prize winners, I hardly think the brand was diluted by adding other universities to the system.

MONGOOSE wrote:Then why does UTEP say any polices they want to enforce needs to be sent to Austin for the Regents for approval before they can be enforced? The UTSystem offices are located in Austin. The UTBoard of Regents meet in Austin. The UT system oversees about 15 campuses....UTA, UTSA, UTEP, UTD ,UTGalvaston etc. the regents control the final say over the system. UTD is not independent of the "UT System".

UT Austin is NOT UT System. UT Austin has to submit their policy decisions to the Regents just like every other institution. The only difference between UT Austin and the other schools/medical branches is that they share an oil field with Texas A&M, so they get money independent of any doled out by the state. UT Austin is a university. UT System is the governing body for all UT Institutions.

JALLEN wrote:

SHogun62 wrote: Im not sure if UT Austin falls under the UT umbrella, but that is what was passed down during the meeting. Hope that helps.

UT Austin IS UT! It holds the umbrella. The rest of them are red-headed step children.

I'm not sure what you mean by this, but I can assure you, having worked at UTD for 19 years before retiring, that each school is independent and does not take its orders from UT Austin. UT Austin has some influence on purchasing things because of their buying power, but the other schools are not required to join in, and UT Austin will not dictate campus carry policies for the other campuses.