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Finalist for University of Texas-Arlington Presidency Aims to Boost Research.

By Patrick McGee, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 22--ARLINGTON, Texas--Bob Smith said Tuesday that if he is chosen to lead the University of Texas at Arlington, he would improve academics and research by hiring more tenured and tenure-track faculty.

Smith and four other university administrators are finalists for the UT-Arlington presidency. Smith, 61, the provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, concludes his two-day visit to the school today with an open fo

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