Tuesday, May 22, 2018

The University of Texas System, UT-Tyler and a $1.7 million broken promise to admitted students - Nick Anderson, Washington Post

The University of Texas System is a leader in public higher education, known globally for its flagship in Austin, seven other academic campuses and six major health institutions. But the system said Friday it was unable to fix a $1.7 million-a-year problem that arose last month when its campus in the East Texas city of Tyler abruptly withdrew full-ride scholarship offers to about five dozen international students. UT-Tyler said that it had mistakenly made too many offers and could not afford to deliver all of the scholarships it had promised. Most of the admitted students who lost out were from Nepal. https://www.texastribune.org/2018/05/12/university-texas-system-ut-campus-and-17-million-broken-promise-admitt/