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1) Q: "We must move forward today with a shared common goal - to make each UT institution the best it can be among the national peers, in a spirit of transparency and full accountability." A: UT System Chancellor Francisco G. Cigarroa

2) Q: "We must continue to embrace change and we must do it with an enlightened vision of what a great teaching and research University does for our society and has done for more than a century." A: UT President Bill Powers

3) Q: "I know there are common goals upon which we agree, notably improving access to quality higher education that is affordable for more Texans, pursuing innovative research that creates knowledge and powers the Texas economy and enhancing the reputation of our wonderful flagship at UT Austin." A: UT System Board of Regents Chairman Gene Powell

4) Q: "I am committed to improving higher education by making our colleges more accessible and affordable; improving accountability and transparency in our schools; improving graduation rates; and making sure taxpayers are getting the most from the schools, teachers and research they help fund." A: Governor Rick Perry

5) Q: "[We] seek to put student's first, valuing research that serves these students or wider societal needs. Toward those ends, we ask for transparency and accountability for use of what is, after all, taxpayer money." A: Texas Public Policy Foundation

6) Q: "University research is the lifeblood of our state's innovation, medical treatments and job creation." A: Governor Rick Perry

7) Q: "Rewarding great teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level is essential to the academic enterprise. Teacher evaluations must be a combination of peer review and student evaluations." A: UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa

8) Q: "Demand way outstrips supply. The capacity issue in Texas is an important one. That is something over the next ten years we have got to get ahead of that curve in Texas because we have a growing population and a growing percentage of the population that is coming to colleges." A: UT President Bill Powers

9) Q: "Create a financial incentive to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of teaching at Texas' colleges and universities that will help attract the best teachers from across the nation." A: Texas Public Policy Foundation

10) Q: "Academic research is one of the pillars of greatness of UT Austin." A: UT System Board of Regents Chairman Gene Powell