ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY FEB. 3 AND THEREAFTER - Ivy grows near the lettering of a entrance to the University of Texas, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, in Austin, Texas. If colleges were automobiles, the University of Texas at Austin would be a Cadillac: a famous brand, a powerful engine of research and teaching, a pleasingly sleek appearance. Even the price is comparable to the luxury car's basic model: In-state tuition runs about $40,000 for a four-year degree. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY FEB. 3 AND THEREAFTER - A statue of George Washington stands near the University of Texas Tower at the center of campus, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, in Austin, Texas. If colleges were automobiles, the University of Texas at Austin would be a Cadillac: a famous brand, a powerful engine of research and teaching, a pleasingly sleek appearance. Even the price is comparable to the luxury car's basic model: In-state tuition runs about $40,000 for a four-year degree. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY FEB. 3 AND THEREAFTER - University of Texas professor Alan Friedman poses for a photo at his office, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, in Austin, Texas. Friedman is a longtime faculty Senate leader who has fought administrators for most of his career but helped rally faculty support for Texas president Bill Powers. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY FEB. 3 AND THEREAFTER - In this Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, photo, University of Texas Systems board of regents chairman Gene Powell, second from right, leads a regents meeting, in Austin, Texas. Powell, the former UT football player and San Antonio real estate developer, insists he wants UT-Austin to be great, but also accessible, and for students to have options. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY FEB. 3 AND THEREAFTER - Texas Public Policy Foundation's Thomas Lindsay poses for a photo near the Texas Capitol, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, in Austin. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY FEB. 3 AND THEREAFTER - University of Texas Systems board of regents chairman Gene Powell adjusts his nameplate during a news conference, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, in Austin, Texas. Powell, the former UT football player and San Antonio real estate developer, insists he wants UT-Austin to be great _ but also accessible, and for students to have options. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY FEB. 3 AND THEREAFTER - In this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, photo, University of Texas graduate student Ryan Stowers works in a Biomedical Engineering lab on the Texas campus, in Austin, Texas. If colleges were automobiles, the University of Texas at Austin would be a Cadillac: a famous brand, a powerful engine of research and teaching, a pleasingly sleek appearance. Even the price is comparable to the luxury car's basic model: In-state tuition runs about $40,000 for a four-year degree. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY FEB. 3 AND THEREAFTER - University of Texas student Aldo Delolmo works in a virtual drug screening lab on the Texas campus, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, in Austin, Texas. If colleges were automobiles, the University of Texas at Austin would be a Cadillac: a famous brand, a powerful engine of research and teaching, a pleasingly sleek appearance. Even the price is comparable to the luxury car's basic model: In-state tuition runs about $40,000 for a four-year degree. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY FEB. 3 AND THEREAFTER - University of Texas student Brandon Nguyen works in a virtual drug screening lab on the Texas campus, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, in Austin, Texas. In-state tuition at public research universities has increased 43 percent beyond inflation over the last decade, to more than $15,000. UT-Austin remains considerably less _ around $10,000 per year. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY FEB. 3 AND THEREAFTER - In this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, phtoto, University of Texas students Henri Kejellberg, left, Cheralyn Salone, center, and Robert Rajput, right, work in an aerospace engineering lab on the University of Texas campus, in Austin, Texas. In-state tuition at public research universities has increased 43 percent beyond inflation over the last decade, to more than $15,000. UT-Austin remains considerably less _ around $10,000 per year. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY FEB. 3 AND THEREAFTER - In this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, photo, post-doctoral fellow Eunna Chung, right, works in a biomedical engineering lab on the University of Texas campus, in Austin, Texas. In-state tuition at public research universities has increased 43 percent beyond inflation over the last decade, to more than $15,000. UT-Austin remains considerably less _ around $10,000 per year. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY FEB. 3 AND THEREAFTER - In this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, photo, post doctoral fellow Eunna Chung, right, works in a biomedical engineering lab on the Texas campus, in Austin, Texas. In-state tuition at public research universities has increased 43 percent beyond inflation over the last decade, to more than $15,000. UT-Austin remains considerably less _ around $10,000 per year. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY FEB. 3 AND THEREAFTER - In this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, photo University of Texas students Henri Kejellberg, Cheralyn Salone, left, and Robert Rajput, right, work in an aerospace engineering lab on the Texas campus, in Austin, Texas. In-state tuition at public research universities has increased 43 percent beyond inflation over the last decade, to more than $15,000. UT-Austin remains considerably less _ around $10,000 per year. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY FEB. 3 AND THEREAFTER - In this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, a University of Texas student works in an aerospace engineering lab on the Texas campus, in Austin, Texas. In-state tuition at public research universities has increased 43 percent beyond inflation over the last decade, to more than $15,000. UT-Austin remains considerably less _ around $10,000 per year. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY FEB. 3 AND THEREAFTER - In this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, photo, University of Texas students work on a fuselage in an aerospace engineering lab on the Texas campus, in Austin, Texas. In-state tuition at public research universities has increased 43 percent beyond inflation over the last decade, to more than $15,000. UT-Austin remains considerably less _ around $10,000 per year. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY FEB. 3 AND THEREAFTER - In this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, photo, University of Texas students Henri Kejellberg, center, Cheralyn Salone, top right, and Robert Rajput, bottom, work in an aerospace engineering lab on the Texas campus, in Austin, Texas. In-state tuition at public research universities has increased 43 percent beyond inflation over the last decade, to more than $15,000. UT-Austin remains considerably less _ around $10,000 per year. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY FEB. 3 AND THEREAFTER - In this Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, photo, Dr. Peter Flawn poses for a photo at his University of Texas office, in Austin, Texas. Flawn came to Texas more than half-a-century ago and served as president of UT Austin from 1979-1985, then again briefly in the late 1990s. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY FEB. 3 AND THEREAFTER - In this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, photo, University of Texas president Bill Powers poses for a photo at the University of Texas, in Austin, Texas. Convinced the state board was hell-bent on turning their beloved “university of the first class” required by the Texas constitution into a downmarket trade school, faculty, students and alumni have rallied behind Powers in protest. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)