Regents of the University of Houston (UH) are raising objection to the University of Texas’s (UT) plan to open an “intellectual hub” in Houston.
Early in November, UH regents reacted to an announcement by UT Chancellor William McRaven that the Austin-based system intended to buy land for a collaboration and research facility. Using expressions such as “invasion” and “land grab”, the regents were united in their opposition and penned their statement of protest to the Houston expansion of the University of Texas.
According to UT, the investment in 332 acres to the Texas Medical Center’s south would attract additional investment dollars to Houston. The University of Houston, however, feels their UT, with its new facility, could divert research monies from UH or even lure away its most prized faculty members.
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In their approved statement, UH regents made the case that UT already enjoys a substantial edge over UH due to its access to the Permanent University Fund. The state-owned investment fund exclusively provides Texas A & M and UT systems with hundreds of millions of dollars.
Consequently, they argued that if Texas was going to permit duplication of services among institutions of higher learning, they respectfully requested assurance that they would receive a share of state resources equal to that received by UT.Get a Free Quote for Direct Mail
