UT Austin's president thwarts a coup by his board.

UT Austin Main building tower (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Board reportedly is in Governor Perry's pocket.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/07/07/u-texas-austin-president-being-forced-out#sthash.ecig3HMB.dpbs

The University suffered a set back in the Fisher case in which the SCOTUS held 5-4 that "strict scrutiny" is the test under which a preferential admission program must be analyzed.  Under the UT Austin scheme, the top 10% of all Texas HS grads gained admission to the flagship school.

Obviously such work-arounds of the SUpreme Court's outlawing of minority quotas was no darling of Governor Perry.

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