UT regent appeals to Texas high court

University of Texas System Regent Wallace L. Hall, Jr. has filed an appeal to the Texas Supreme Court to get access to confidential student records that UT Chancellor Bill McRaven has denied him.

Hall is seeking the records to gain more information about an admissions scandal involving students with powerful connections who were admitted to the University of Texas at Austin even though they had low scores.

Hall wants to see the records that were used to compile an investigative report that criticized the university for its admissions practices.

McRaven has offered to provide Hall with redacted versions of the records – with confidential information, including the students’ names removed — but Hall has declined.

Hall sued McRaven in his official capacity as chancellor last year.

A district judge threw out the case, and an appeals court denied Hall’s appeal last month.