SMU is hiring University of Texas President Jay Hartzell as its next leader, a major shakeup in higher education that will open a vacuum at one of the state’s most influential public institutions.

Jay Hartzell didn’t set out to leave the University of Texas’ flagship campus for a smaller private college near downtown Dallas. But after SMU board members began aggressively recruiting him ...

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Jay Hartzell and the University of Texas Longhorns Spirit Squad at the Austin Convention Center at the SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals on March 8, 2024 in Austin, Texas.

SMU's Board of Trustees voted unanimously to hire Hartzell. He'll succeed R. Gerald Turner, who announced in August that he would retire after 30 years on the job on May 31, 2025. “With Dr ...

SMU’s Board of Trustees approved Hartzell’s hire Tuesday and he will become SMU’s next president effective June 1, 2025. His last day at UT will be May 31.

Southern Methodist University (SMU) announced on Tuesday that the current president of the University of Texas at Austin, Jay Hartzell, will leave the forty acres and become their new president.

Hartzell is expected to leave UT-Austin at the end of the academic year and will take over as SMU president June 1. SMU’s current president, R. Gerald Turner, will transition this summer to the ...

SMU’s Board of Trustees approved Hartzell’s hire Tuesday and he will become SMU’s next president effective June 1, 2025. His last day at UT will be May 31.

Hartzell is expected to leave UT-Austin at the end of the academic year and will take over as SMU president June 1. SMU’s current president, R. Gerald Turner, will transition this summer to the ...