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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Kate McGee and Jessica Priest

UT-Austin President Jay Hartzell will leave to lead SMU

The University of Texas at Austin President Jay Hartzell, middle, on April 18, 2022.
The University of Texas at Austin President Jay Hartzell on April 18, 2022. (Credit: Lauren Witte/The Texas Tribune)

University of Texas at Austin President Jay Hartzell said Tuesday he is leaving the UT System’s flagship school to become the next president of Southern Methodist University, marking a major change in Texas higher education leadership and leaving open a job at the center of the state’s culture wars days before the start of a new legislative session.

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