https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/the-best-big-college-town-in-the-us-and-the-rest-of-the-top-50-according-to-data/ https://www.highereducationinquirer.org/2024/09/wealth-and-want-part-3-dispossession.html

https://www.highereducationinquirer.org/2024/07/how-would-mass-deportations-affect-us.html

https://www.chronicle.com/article/a-slap-in-the-face-how-ut-austin-axed-a-dei-division

"UT Austin has let go nearly two dozen employees responsible for communications and marketing after a turbulent academic year, according to multiple sources who described the news as abrupt. Their last day is Aug. 31."

About 60 people at UT were affected by this round of layoffs, according to Dr. Brian Evans, Interim President of the American Association of University Professors, Texas... — read more 

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/20/texas-senate-tenure-universities/

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/11/texas-legislature-higher-education-political-bill/

https://universitybusiness.com/texas-puts-forth-bill-proposing-to-strip-faculty-of-tenure/

https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kXKO5bN

https://twitter.com/UnderpaidatUT Letter to Provost Wood https://drive.google.com/file/d/19wABquAvugteeUzE092WMZQJFWHaOdk3/view

The cost: $600 million over five years. Backed by Bud, the brains behind the Liberty Institute. Austin police chief Joseph Chacon is against the measure. And "the firefighters union has also opposed the referendum over fears that paying for more... — read more 

University of Austin? https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2021/11/30/bari-weiss-new-fiercely-independent-university-closely-tied-to-right-wing-koch-network/

So much for academia. This is sophistry to provide cover for oil and gas. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/bud-brigham-liberty-institute-university-texas/

"Having seen that many of my peers graduate without a good job, it felt terrible to see the leader who is supposed to make its stakeholders succeed is just enjoying at the top with an insane salary that most of the students would never possibly make... — read more 

http://collegemeltdown.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-college-dream-is-over-gary-roth.html

https://www.texastribune.org/2020/05/19/budget-cuts-university-texas-austin-furloughs-layoffs/

March 13, 9:20 a.m. Citing two positive cases of COVID-19 in the Austin area, the University of Texas at Austin on Friday morning canceled classes and closed operations. Only essential personnel should work today, the university said. March 13... — read more 

https://www.reddit.com/r/college/comments/ckbwjk/utaustinpresidentmakes750000whichis_120000/

https://i.redd.it/rzdnpz5tlac31.png

Buying up Austin. What do teachers and staff think? http://www.dailytexanonline.com/2019/07/05/students-should-be-critical-of-ut%E2%80%99s-eastward-development

https://workday.utexas.edu/login

The University of Texas at Austin is laying staff off as a result of budget cuts that have been imposed on it. A reorganization of most of the nonacademic units seems to be affecting administrative/clerical positions in the nonacademic umbra. It may... — read more 

AUSTIN, TX -- University of Texas at Austin officials have implemented a "soft" hiring freeze and is considering layoffs as part of a so-called organizational assessment, according to a published report. According to a memo obtained by The Texas... — read more 

Many tech firms in the area are laying people off. Also, a lot of companies that deal with oil are laying people off.

Anybody knows the downsized headcounts here?

For the past 10 months, University of Texas USAS and the Texas State Employees Union have been campaigning against UT’s plan to outsource campus services and layoff workers. After almost a year of hard campaigning, we just won our first victory: the... — read more 

The University of Texas plans to cut its workforce by approximately 500 jobs in the coming years (2014 and forward), mainly through retirements and attrition. The Austin American-Statesman has reported that the move will save between $120 million and... — read more