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Powers on the 82nd Session and Higher Ed

One certain result of the 82nd Legislative Session is that the University of Texas at Austin will lose a signfiicant amount of funding in the 2012-2013 budget. Nathan Bernier of KUT News interviewed UT-Austin President Bill Powers on the effects of that cut and other session-related matters.

By Nathan Bernier, KUT News
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Bill Powers, president of the University of Texas at Austin, at a TribLive event on April 28, 2011.
Credit: Bob Daemmrich

One certain result of the 82nd Legislative Session is that the University of Texas at Austin will lose a signfiicant amount of funding in the 2012-2013 budget. Nathan Bernier of KUT News interviewed UT-Austin President Bill Powers on the effects of that cut and other session-related matters.

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