UT Names new Chancellor

Harry · August 3, 2014

Adm. William H. McRaven, commander of United States Special Operations Command, was named last week as the sole finalist to be the U.T.-System’s next chancellor. The regents were unanimous in their decision — a hopeful sign from a panel that has often been divided about the leadership at the state’s top university.

Admiral McRaven’s hiring will be the first of two major changes. He will succeed Francisco Cigarroa as chancellor. And a player to be named later — there is not even a formal list yet — will be the next president of the system’s flagship, the University of Texas at Austin. William Powers, the current president, is leaving in June. (The

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Those are not the only high-profile leadership changes at the university. Sports led the way, as it often does, with a changing of the guard at the top of the athletics department and, shortly after that, the arrival of Charlie Strong to replace the state government’s highest-paid employee, football coach Mack Brown.

Mr. Strong’s players are in the middle of a culture shock: There is a new set of rules and no kidding about how serious it is. He not only suspended two players who had been charged with sexual assault — the N.F.L. might take a lesson there — but also dismissed several others for unspecified team rules violations.

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