How Many Research Universities Does a State Need?

By JEFFREY SELINGO

Texas tries to figure out if it should build more or focus on helping those it already has

Coming from the leader of one of Texas' elite public universities, the idea was unusual and unexpected.

At a sparsely attended committee meeting last month of the University of

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