At UATX, we're building a law program where students train under leading practitioners and sitting federal judges. Our General Counsel Adam Biggs spoke with @FoxNews about it: foxnews.com/politics/becomin…

“There’s a chronic malaise in the established educational institutions.” Niall Ferguson (@nfergus) on why he co-founded UATX.

UATX donor Jeff Yass to fellow philanthropists: “Pouring money into the Ivy League won’t solve its problems. The only way to prompt reform in higher education is to fund new, innovative competitors in the field.” Read in the @WSJ: wsj.com/opinion/pouring-mone…

Did the New Deal save capitalism? Did deregulation cause the 2008 financial crisis? Former Senator Phil Gramm says the conventional answers are wrong, and he's bringing the evidence from his latest book, The Triumph of Economic Freedom. October 13, 5:30 PM, at UATX.

People are arguing about meritocracy again. Some say colleges should seek out students of particular identities and interests. Here's where we stand. At UATX, we don't ask who your parents are, where your family came from, how you pray, how you vote, etc. We ask one question: what can you do? And we measure it with test scores, which is the fairest, most objective, and transparent way we know. If you score 1460 SAT (33 ACT, 105 CLT), you get in automatically. Below that, we look at your scores and AP/IB results. The middle 50% of our newest class landed between 1400 and 1490 on the SAT. We think this is one of the most American ideas there is: that what you can do matters more than where you come from. If you're ready for hard work, there's a place for you here -- no matter who you are.

Who will be dean of UATX Law? The search has begun. Search committee: Judge James C. Ho, Judge Andrew S. Oldham, Judge Amul R. Thapar, and co-chairs Claire Brickman and Adam Biggs. Applications reviewed beginning October 20. Know the right person? Send this to them. Apply here: jobs.lever.co/uaustin/540fe3…