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	UNT President Neal Smatresk
 

The University of North Texas and University of Texas at Arlington have each appointed new presidents within the last year. As part of KERA’s American Graduate Initiative, Krys Boyd talked to Neal Smatresk of UNT and Vistasp Karbhari of UTA about the challenges and opportunities facing two of the largest universities in the region and higher education today.
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