Today's "funeral" protest at Texas Tech - mourning the demise of that institution's academic reputation at the hands of Chancellor Brandon Creighton - is only the latest chapter in the continuing story of the dismantling of Texas' statewide reputation for our public universities. This election year gives us a chance to begin to undo the damage, but it could take a generation to repair.

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