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Enormous cost overruns cited, UT cancels Shared Services pilot program
[SEPT 2016] The primary component of UT Austin’s controversial Shared Services plan, the Central Business Office…
Lt. Governor calls for cuts in aid to low-income students, university budgets
Lt. Governor Dan Patrick asked the Senate Higher Education Committee to meet last month to consider…
The ugly reality of privatization
Headlines regarding private security workers overshadow the CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP WIN for the UH football team. “Security…
UT-Austin: Union members meet with campus officials on MOB privatization
Reasons given for privatization don’t hold up under scrutiny In August, UT’s Campus Planning Division issued…
Tuition deregulation, ending privatization, pay raise top goals at University Mini Lobby Day
Legislators were generally receptive to our legislative goals, as TSEU-University members hit the capitol on Wednesday…
UT Vice Pres. admits Shared Services is not going well
In a recent article in the Daily Texan, UT Vice President Kevin Hegarty admitted that staff…
In a reversal, UT to cut ties with Accenture (for now), modifies job-cutting plan
AUSTIN, TX– Victory! After months of dogging the UT administration about problems with their roll-out of…
Scrutiny of Shared Services Plan Intensifies at UT-Austin
TSEU Continues to Mobilize and Embarks on Organizing Blitz The University of Texas at Austin closed…
After intense opposition, Univ. of Michigan stalls Accenture shared services plan
For those at UT who are still examining the pros and cons of shared services, a…