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Three Virginia Universities Look to Cut Some Ties with State.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, January, 2003

By Bill Sizemore, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jan. 4--As they struggle with historic cuts in state financial support, three Virginia universities are seeking ways to cut some of the ties that bind them to the state government.

Spokesmen for the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and the College of William and Mary are quick to emphasize that outright privatization -- divorcing themselves completely from the state -- is not an option. But as the flow of state money dries up, they think it's only fair that they be given more autonomy to manage their own affairs.

"All of us are working very hard to find new ways to manage a situation that financially is without precedent in the history of the...

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