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UT President Jim Davis: $1.25M Salary, No Tenure Experience

11/22/2025

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University of Texas President Jim Davis was awarded a $1.25 million annual salary and tenure by the UT Regents on October 22, 2025.
The package places him among the highest-paid U.S. academic leaders, though it is less than his predecessor's total compensation.
Davis lacks teaching experience and an academic publication record, and he is the first UT president in 126 years not to have gone through the tenure process.

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University of Texas President Jim Davis was awarded a $1.25 million annual salary and tenure by the UT Regents on October 22, 2025.
The package places him among the highest-paid U.S. academic leaders, though it is less than his predecessor's total compensation.
Davis lacks teaching experience and an academic publication record, and he is the first UT president in 126 years not to have gone through the tenure process.