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The 2021 Texas Tribune Festival

Watch Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp talk about the pandemic, college football and more at The Texas Tribune Festival

Sharp talked about how higher ed survives the pandemic, the obstacles to running a world-class public university and the future of college football.

by Texas Tribune Staff

Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp is speaking during the 2021 Texas Tribune Festival.

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John Sharp was named chancellor of the Texas A&M University System in 2011. Before that, he served in the Texas House and Senate, as state comptroller and on the Texas Railroad Commission.

Watch him at The Texas Tribune Festival as he discussed the pandemic and its impact on higher education institutions, the challenges for universities on the whole and the future of college football.

Sharp was interviewed by former state Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin.

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