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Audio: Student Leaders Discuss Higher Ed Reform

Natalie Butler and Christopher Covo, are both student leaders from public universities in Texas. But they find themselves on different sides of the state's ongoing higher education reform debate.

by Reeve Hamilton

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Natalie Butler and Christopher Covo, are both student leaders from public universities in Texas. But they find themselves on different sides of the state's ongoing higher education reform debate. They recently sat down to hash out their differences with Trib reporter Reeve Hamilton.

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