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TribuneFest: A Conversation With Diana Natalicio

At our 2/27 symposium on demographic change at the University of Texas at El Paso, I talked with UTEP President Diana Natalicio about higher ed access, affordability and completion rates.

By Evan SmithMarch 2, 2014, 10:00 a.m. CentralUpdated March 2, 2014, 10:00 a.m. Central

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TribuneFest: A Conversation With Diana Natalicio

by Evan Smith, The Texas Tribune
March 2, 2014

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<p class="byline">by Evan Smith, The Texas Tribune <br />March 2, 2014</p>

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<p><span>At Thursday's daylong symposium on demographics, I talked with University of Texas at El Paso President Diana Natalicio about higher ed access, affordability and completion rates.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><em>Disclosure: The University of Texas at El Paso is a corporate sponsor of The Texas Tribune.&nbsp;</em></p>
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TribuneFest: A Conversation With Diana Natalicio

Evan Smith, The Texas Tribune
March 2, 2014

At Thursday's daylong symposium on demographics, I talked with University of Texas at El Paso President Diana Natalicio about higher ed access, affordability and completion rates. 

Disclosure: The University of Texas at El Paso is a corporate sponsor of The Texas Tribune. 

This article first appeared on The Texas Tribune.

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