In the 1950s, the Committee of 75 had enormous impact on increasing the scale and quality of graduate programs, libraries, and collections. The Centennial Commission, which completed its work 25 years later, is justly credited with the establishment of hundreds of endowments that created the legacy of a much stronger faculty. In the spirit of the Committee of 75 and the Centennial Commission, the Commission of 125 aspires to chart a path that will lead The University of Texas to a higher standard of excellence.
Universities are engines of progress, and UT can best serve all its constituencies by fulfilling its mandate to be “a university of the first class.” Indeed, the Commission of 125 offers this report in the interest of making The University of greater service to the state and to society by realizing the goal of elevating The University of Texas from a fine and respected university to the best.