The reduction in the number of full-time UT System personnel is the first step of Milliken’s implementation of recommendations released by a task force consisting of System Chairman Kevin Eltife and three other regents.
Eltife, a former Republican from Tyler, was appointed to the board in 2017 by Gov. Greg Abbott and has been an outspoken critic of UT System growth and spending
Chancellor James Milliken asked the UT Board of Regents last month to increase funds for the Science and Technology Acquisition and Retention (STARs) program.
The UT System Board of Regents recently voted to extend the deadline for deciding whether they will continue to lease the Lions Municipal Golf Course, or Muny, to the city of Austin, following almost one decade of dispute between the two parties.
After President Donald Trump criticized Bill McRaven, the former UT System chancellor, for not capturing bin Laden sooner, several major voices in the GOP expressed their disagreement, supporting the former Navy Admiral.
UT System Chancellor James Milliken said he has embraced the results of a task force that suggested the System should cut 70 to 110 full-time administration positions.
