OKLAHOMA CITY — The top education adviser to Gov. Kevin Stitt is set to depart for the University of Texas at Austin.
Oklahoma Education Secretary Dan Hamlin will join the UT College of Education as its dean on Aug. 16, the university announced Monday. Hamlin, an education policy professor at the University of Oklahoma, is the fifth person to fill the key advisory role in the governor’s Cabinet since Stitt took office in 2019.
“I am deeply honored to join The University of Texas at Austin as dean of the College of Education,” Hamlin said in a UT news release. “The college has an extraordinary record of research, teaching and engagement with schools and communities. I look forward to working alongside its outstanding faculty, staff, students and alumni to advance the college’s impact across Texas and the nation.”…