The direct attack on higher education governance was first articulated openly at the national level by Margaret Spellings's Commission on the Future of Higher Education under President G. W. Bush. This was defeated in Congress. Since then, it has been primarily mounted at the state level by Republican governors through appointees on governing boards. Beginning in 2008, Governor Rick Perry made Texas Ground Zero in this effort. This chapter describes how it was organized, how certain regents attempted to carry it out at the University of Texas and Texas A&M, how they were defeated at the University of Texas, and the role of faculty governance in the process. It also includes a brief comparison with the current attacks in Wisconsin.