Tyler Cowen sits on the advisory board of the University of Austin and has no governing role there.

Judge as of 2021-12-29. True: the University of Austin's official founding announcements or website (late 2021) list Tyler Cowen as a member of an advisory board (e.g. Board of Advisors), not as a trustee, founder, officer or other governing role. Mostly true: he is listed as an adviser under a slightly different label, with no governing role. Mixed: he is listed as an adviser but also held some formal role with governance authority. Mostly false: his role was mainly a governing one. False: he was not on the University of Austin's advisory board, or he held a governing position such as trustee.

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1. E1 The University of Austin - Marginal REVOLUTION Marginal Revolution (blog by Tyler Cowen) · 8 November 2021 Own record

   “and Tyler Cowen [TC: I am on the advisory board].”

2. E2 Bari Weiss' New "Fiercely Independent" University Closely Tied to Right-Wing Koch Network - EXPOSEDbyCMD EXPOSEDbyCMD · 30 November 2021

   “Tyler Cowen (adviser), chairman and faculty director of George Mason University’s Mercatus Center”

3. E3 Bari Weiss’s Anti-Cancel Culture University Is Already Hitting Speed Bumps Vanity Fair · 16 November 2021

   “it conflated advisers, who were aligned in general with the project but not necessarily in agreement with all its actions and statements”

4. E4 Newly Announced University of Austin Struggles to Make the Grade Austin Chronicle · 18 November 2021

   “When it launched last week, UATX listed 31 members on its board of advisors; as the Chronicle went to press, that list now stands at 24.”

An independent watchdog report published in November 2021 lists Tyler Cowen as an "adviser" to the University of Austin (E2). On his own blog, Cowen notes that he is on the advisory board (E1). The Austin Chronicle reports that UATX listed members on a board of advisors (E4), and Vanity Fair describes advisers as aligned in general with the project but not necessarily in agreement with all its actions and statements (E3). Together, the evidence supports that he was an adviser with no governing role.