Thursday, February 25, 7:00 PM, UT campus, Parlin 101
“You really have to rethink your core business model, and that’s what we’re doing.” — Kevin Hegarty, UT-Austin Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Around the country and in Texas, a full-scale attack on public education is underway at all levels. Here at UT-Austin, this has taken the shape budget cuts and layoffs of staff and instructors, and proposals to increase tuition after a decade of skyrocketing costs for students. Politicians and administrators claim these measures are necessary to deal with recession-era economics. And yet at other times they declare that Texas has a budget surplus and the deficit at UT is minimal compared to other institutions.
So are the cuts and tuition increases necessary — or do they represent an attempt to ration access to higher education in the name of making UT a more elite institution? And how can we fight for access for quality affordable education for all?
Come to a presentation and discussion featuring Prof. Snehal Shingavi, UT Dept. of English.