The City University of New York is the public university system of New York City. It is the largest urban university system in the United States,comprising 25 campuses:eleven senior colleges,seven community colleges,and seven professional institutions. While its constituent colleges date as far back as 1847,CUNY was established in 1961. The university enrolls more than 275,000 students and counts thirteen Nobel Prize winners and twenty-four MacArthur Fellows among its alumni.
The University of Texas System is a public university system in the U.S. state of Texas. It includes nine universities and five independent health institutions. The UT System is headquartered in Downtown Austin. Its total enrollment of nearly 240,000 students is the largest university system in Texas. It employs 21,000 faculty and more than 83,000 health care professionals,researchers and support staff. The UT System's $42.7 billion endowment is the largest of any public university system in the United States.
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a public land-grant research university in Lincoln,Nebraska,United States. Chartered in 1869 by the Nebraska Legislature as part of the Morrill Act of 1862,the school was the University of Nebraska until 1968,when it absorbed the Municipal University of Omaha to form the University of Nebraska system. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship institution of the state-wide system. The university has been governed by the Board of Regents since 1871,whose members are elected by district to six-year terms.
The University of Nebraska system is the public university system of the U.S. state of Nebraska. Founded in 1869 with one campus in Lincoln,the system has four university campuses,a two-year technical agriculture college,and a high school.
The University of the State of New York is the state of New York's governmental umbrella organization for both public and private institutions in New York State. The "university" is not an educational institution:it is,in fact,a licensing and accreditation body that sets standards for schools operating in New York State,from pre-kindergarten through professional and graduate school,as well as for the practice of a wide variety of professions. USNY's governing body is known as the New York State Board of Regents.
The University of Tennessee system is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is one of two public university systems,the other being the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR). It consists of four primary campuses in Knoxville,Chattanooga,Pulaski and Martin;a health sciences campus in Memphis;a research institute in Tullahoma;and various extensions throughout the state.
Eugenio María de Hostos Community College of The City University of New York is a public community college in the South Bronx,New York City. It is part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system and was created by an act of the Board of Higher Education in 1968 in response to demands from the Hispanic/Puerto Rican community,which was urging for the establishment of a college to serve the people of the South Bronx. In 1970,the college admitted its first class of 623 students at the site of a former tire factory. Several years later,the college moved to a larger site nearby at 149th Street and Grand Concourse. The college also operates a location at the prow building of the Bronx Terminal Market.
The Permanent University Fund (PUF) is a sovereign wealth fund created by the State of Texas to fund public higher education within the state. A portion of the returns from the PUF are annually directed towards the Available University Fund (AUF),which distributes the funds according to provisions set forth by the 1876 Texas Constitution,subsequent constitutional amendments,and the board of regents of the Texas A&M University System and University of Texas System. The PUF provides extra funds,above monies from tax revenues,to the UT System and the Texas A&M System which collectively have approximately 50 percent of state public university students. The PUF does not provide any funding to other public Universities in the State of Texas.
William Charles Powers Jr. was an American attorney,academic,and university administrator who served as the 28th president of the University of Texas at Austin,becoming the second-longest serving president in the university's history. He held the position from February 1,2006,to July 2,2015,when he was succeeded by Gregory L. Fenves. Before his death,Powers held the Hines H. Baker and Thelma Kelley Baker Chair at the University of Texas School of Law.
In the United States,a board often governs institutions of higher education,including private universities,state universities,and community colleges. In each US state,such boards may govern either the state university system,individual colleges and universities,or both. In general,they operate as a board of directors,and they vary by formal name,size,powers,and membership. In some states,members are appointed by the governor.
Francisco Gonzalez Cigarroa is an American transplant surgeon who served as chancellor of the University of Texas System. As a Mexican-American,Cigarroa is also the first Hispanic to serve as president of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA). Cigarroa currently serves as chairman of the Ford Foundation. He also serves as the head of pediatric transplant surgery at UTHSCSA.
The Tejas Club is one of the oldest student organizations at the University of Texas at Austin. It was founded in 1925,and only has male members. The official purpose of the club is "to allow our members to live a more complete life by sharing their personalities,abilities and efforts to promote good fellowship and a high standard of conduct among ourselves and our fellow students,to encourage loyalty and usefulness to our school,and to further good scholarship." The membership process of the organization is secretive and not open to the public.
Vistasp Karbhari is an Indian-American civil engineer and university administrator. Karbhari was the eighth president of the University of Texas at Arlington. Prior to that,he was provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He is known for his research in composite materials and structural engineering.
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) is a public research university with multiple campus throughout the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas. It is the southernmost member of the University of Texas System. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley was created by the Texas Legislature in 2013 after the consolidation of the University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College and the University of Texas–Pan American.
The University of Texas at Brownsville was an educational institution located in Brownsville,Texas. The university was on the land once occupied by Fort Brown. It was a member of the University of Texas System. The institution was formed from a 1991 partnership between the two-year Texas Southmost College and University of Texas-Pan American at Brownsville. The partnership ended in 2011 as UTB became a standalone University of Texas institution,and Texas Southmost College returned to being an independent community college. UTB itself offered baccalaureate and graduate degrees in liberal arts,sciences,education,business,and professional programs.
Wallace L. Hall Jr. is an American investor who served a controversial six-year term as a member of the University of Texas System Board of Regents. Hall was appointed in February 2011 by Governor Rick Perry,and was replaced in February 2017.
Hank M. Bounds is an American educator and a past president of the University of Nebraska system,where he was the administrator of all campuses in the university. He had previously served as the commissioner of higher education in Mississippi.
The chancellor of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is the chief administrator of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and is selected by the university's board of regents. Twenty men have held the post,as well as several others in an interim capacity. The position has been held by Rodney D. Bennett since July 2023.
The president of the University of Nebraska is the chief administrator of the University of Nebraska system and is selected by the university system's board of regents. Eight individuals have held the post as well as four others in an interim capacity. The position was last held by Ted Carter from January 1,2020 to December 31,2023. It is now filled on an interim basis by Chris Kabourek.
