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Published online 24 June 2009 | Nature 459, 1042-1043 (2009) | doi:10.1038/4591042a
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Florida universities hit by funding crisis
Stimulus money provides lifeline for cash-strapped public colleges.
This March, Michael Perfit, chair of the geology department at the University of Florida in Gainesville, learned that budget cuts might slash 11 of the 24 faculty and staff positions in his group. "It was like someone saying your whole family was killed in a car accident," he says.
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