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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Jessica Priest

Mock funeral mourns death of academic freedom before UT System updates rule on cutting programs

University of Texas System regents approved a rule change Thursday, giving campus presidents more power to cut academic programs and faculty jobs.

Their vote came one day after critics marched a horse-drawn hearse through downtown Austin to the system headquarters to mourn the death of academic freedom at Texas colleges.

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