Advising role

President Gordon Gee is one of many advisors for a newly-launching institution, the University of Austin, a role that he says will not distract from his work at WVU.

The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail (Op-Ed)

https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/op_ed_commentaries/rafe-godfrey-gordon-gee-and-the-art-of-fence-straddling/article_cf6ebe74-3678-50bf-ba80-70e859c6f6c4.html

The New York Times

https://www-nytimes-com.wvu.idm.oclc.org/2021/11/08/us/ut-austin-free-speech.html

The Chronicle of Higher Education

https://www-chronicle-com.wvu.idm.oclc.org/article/a-planned-university-dedicated-to-truth-will-welcome-witches-who-refuse-to-burn

Inside Higher Ed

https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2021/11/09/new-institution-will-strive-‘fearless-pursuit-truth

The Washington Post (Op-Ed)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/11/09/what-is-university-austins-purpose/

The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail

https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/education/wvu-president-gee-on-advisory-board-for-planned-texas-free-inquiry-university/article_11e496ef-0556-51cc-9ea8-8cc29d090f0f.html

The Daily Athenaeum

https://www.thedaonline.com/news/university/wvu-president-gordon-gee-to-advise-no-degree-university-aimed-to-fix-higher-education/article_6fc4b296-40bd-11ec-b156-4fd7761f192c.html

The Daily Athenaeum (Updated with statement)

https://www.thedaonline.com/news/after-advising-texas-university-president-gee-says-he-is-fully-committed-to-wvu/article_271e8bc8-40c9-11ec-bd37-674cfa16e679.html

The Daily Athenaeum (Faculty Senate)

https://www.thedaonline.com/news/university/wvu-gee-conflict-interest-uatx-dog-whistel/article_6ad2cc3e-40f7-11ec-90e4-ebc9f3e1c86c.html

The Daily Athenaeum (Poll)

https://www.thedaonline.com/culture/should-wvu-president-gee-advise-another-university/poll_ed096e16-40ce-11ec-8c02-634b07a27573.html

The Daily Athenaeum (Social Media)

https://www.thedaonline.com/culture/how-wvu-students-and-employees-reacted-to-president-gees-role-at-a-texas-university/article_f093f11e-40f6-11ec-bf25-37de2a8a211d.html

WV MetroNews

https://wvmetronews.com/2021/11/08/gee-responds-to-advisory-role-with-new-texas-based-university/

WCHS-TV

https://wchstv.com/news/local/wvu-president-gee-defends-his-advisory-role-to-the-university-of-austin

WBOY-TV

https://www.wboy.com/news/education/wvu-president-gordon-gee-issues-letter-explaining-role-on-board-at-new-university-of-austin/

WV News

https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/gee-affirms-commitment-to-west-virginia-university-addresses-advisory-role-with-new-university-of-austin/article_f78f2a58-40cc-11ec-a8fd-7f74f38c800e.html

The Dominion Post

https://www.dominionpost.com/2021/11/08/gee-issues-letter-regarding-advisory-role-position-at-university-of-austin/

The Dominion Post (Updated)

https://www.dominionpost.com/2021/11/08/gee-u-of-austin-advisory-post-all-about-ideas-and-dialogue-not-changing-jobs/

The Post Millennial

https://thepostmillennial.com/heterodox-thinkers-university-of-austin

Forbes

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2021/11/08/heres-what-we-know-about-the-university-of-austin-the-self-proclaimed-anti-censorship-institution/?sh=143e8dc151a8

Daily Kos

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/11/8/2063130/-The-University-of-Austin-Trump-University-s-rebirth-as-a-productive-disagreement-factory

Mediaite

https://www.mediaite.com/news/west-virginia-university-president-defends-advising-bari-weiss-university-i-do-not-agree-other-universities-are-no-longer-seeking-the-truth/

The American Conservative

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/university-of-austin-unwoke/

Lawyers, Guns and Money

https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2021/11/well-it-wasnt-supposed-to-go-down-that-way

The Austin American-Statesman

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/11/08/university-austin-launches-without-accreditation-physical-campus/6340353001/

The Texas Tribune

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/08/university-austin-founders-college-culture/

Yahoo News - The Wrap

https://news.yahoo.com/bari-weiss-andrew-sullivan-university-172139616.html

The Daily Beast

https://www.thedailybeast.com/palantir-founder-joe-lonsdale-is-backing-bari-weiss-no-degree-university

Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-08/university-of-austin-announces-formation-on-twitter-and-substack

Newsweek

https://www.newsweek.com/austin-university-woke-kathleen-stock-transphobic-1647282

The New Statesman

https://www.newstatesman.com/the-explainer/2021/11/what-is-the-new-university-of-austin-for

The Houston Chronicle

https://www.chron.com/politics/article/University-of-Austin-college-Bari-Weiss-16602677.php

West Virginia Daily News

https://wvdn.com/22454/

EdSurge

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-11-09-protesting-alleged-liberal-bias-in-higher-ed-scholars-announce-a-university-of-their-own

The Intelligencer. | Wheeling News-Register

https://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2021/11/wvu-president-e-gordon-gee-addresses-spot-on-new-universitys-advisory-board/

WV MetroNews (Opinion)

https://wvmetronews.com/2021/11/10/gordon-gee-joins-campus-freedom-debate/

The Dominion Post (Editorial)

https://www.dominionpost.com/2021/11/09/gee-lends-support-to-uatx-a-safe-space-for-flawed-ideas/

Campus Reform

https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=18420

Inside Higher Ed (Editorial)

https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/just-visiting/what-university-austin-gets-right

University Business

https://universitybusiness.com/is-higher-education-really-broken-and-can-the-university-of-austin-save-it/

Higher Ed Dive

https://www.highereddive.com/news/university-of-austin-shared-a-worldview-but-does-it-have-a-business-plan/609780/

New York Magazine - Intelligencer

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/bari-weiss-university-of-austin-nothing-new.html

The New York Times (Op-Ed)

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/10/opinion/university-of-austin-colleges.html

The Daily Athenaeum (Op-Ed)

https://www.thedaonline.com/opinion/nichols-president-gee-should-resign-from-wvu/article_d8dd9eba-425b-11ec-89cc-739588d3a7d6.html?fbclid=IwAR3izojQ1MYFLEON7UQ_YXBdRd-LivuqfaFZMjNfCpRERfYhm3RXqprFAY8

The Austin American-Statesman

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/11/10/university-austin-has-controversial-advisers-faculty-members/6353178001/

Houston Chronicle

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/A-new-Texas-college-takes-aim-at-cancel-culture-16609989.php

The Daily Athenaeum (Editorial)

https://www.thedaonline.com/opinion/the-university-of-austin-is-gordon-gee-s-sneaky-link/article_4254bb20-4267-11ec-9d73-579d2adc3591.html

The Daily Athenaeum — “DA Digest” Podcast

https://www.thedaonline.com/podcasts/dadigestpodcast/da-digest-podcast-november-11-2021-ft-duncan-slade/article_8343d4da-4281-11ec-85d1-6b07555dfbd4.html

The Daily Athenaeum (Op-Ed)

https://www.thedaonline.com/opinion/opinion-president-gee-needs-to-sort-our-his-priorities/article_973fb5c8-427a-11ec-be7c-33a2a90bea18.html

Colorado Springs Business Journal (Op-Ed)

https://www.csbj.com/premier/opinion-time-for-a-new-university-in-the-springs/article_ac54d9f8-434b-11ec-ada4-3b0afc4a4c31.html

The Daily Athenaeum

https://www.thedaonline.com/news/student_government/sga-senator-raises-concerns-over-gee-involvement-with-texas-based-univesity/article_d7fafd98-43d3-11ec-87db-5f9b02a95918.html

The Daily Athenaeum (Op-Ed)

https://www.thedaonline.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/opinion-gees-involvement-in-uatx-is-misguided-and-could-get-messy/article_d23e1f2c-4336-11ec-a3b4-4ff461ea6cfd.html

The Daily Athenaeum (Op-Ed)

https://www.thedaonline.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/opinion-gee-s-bold-move-will-help-revolutionize-academia/article_328d062e-4371-11ec-8c7d-53fc196d6673.html

Crain’s Chicago Business

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/university-chicagos-robert-zimmer-quits-university-austin-board

Mediaite

https://www.mediaite.com/news/two-advisors-to-bari-weiss-university-have-already-stepped-down/

The Daily Beast

https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-zimmer-steven-pinker-resign-from-university-of-austins-advisory-board

The Washington Post (Opinion)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/11/15/not-so-hidden-purpose-university-austin/

Times Higher Education

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/university-austin-new-front-fight-us-campuses

The Mary Sue

https://www.themarysue.com/university-of-austin-advisers-jump-ship/

The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/17/university-austin-anti-woke-college

Politico

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/11/17/university-austin-bari-weiss-pinker-culture-politics-522800

President Gordon Gee speaks with The Daily Athenaeum about free speech on campus and his advising role with the planned University of Austin.

https://www.thedaonline.com/news/university/interview-wvu-president-gee-talks-campus-free-speech-university-of-austin-advising/article_332d6f14-4958-11ec-aef5-1b5dba7bfb04.html

The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail (Op-Ed)

https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/op_ed_commentaries/ballengee-kissel-critics-should-laud-gees-role-at-uatx-opinion/article_f6be0d63-4ad6-5b31-ba14-9edcf7242a91.html

PSU Vanguard

https://psuvanguard.com/why-cant-we-just-remain-on-top-forever/

The Washington Post (Op-Ed)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/22/joe-lonsdale-university-of-austin/