> Education is an investment in the future; encouraging the best professors

The best researchers do not always make the best educators. The best educators do not always make the best researchers.

Being good at research is a nice to have, but a facility like UT Austin should be hyper focused on attracting the country's best educators to help Texas' best students get (or create) the country's best jobs in Texas.

That said, the best educators are likely also attracted by Tenure.