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re: Texas, send us your poor oppressed white kids.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 8:53 pm to wmr
Posted on 7/15/14 at 8:53 pm to wmr
They didn't really uphold the Top 10% rule - they upheld UT-Austin's ability to use race as part of their "holistic" admissions review for applicants not admitted under the Top 10% rule.
The top 10% rule was actually the Legislature's reaction to the 1996 Hopwood ruling but the US 5th Circuit COA that disallowed using race as a factor for admission to Texas public universities (which was subsequently abrogated by SCOTUS in the Michigan case).
I wonder if the in-state tuition deal for TX students (or at least highly-qualified TX students) at neighboring state universities started around 1997-1998. I agree with those here saying this has actually been beneficial to both the students and the neighboring states.
The top 10% rule was actually the Legislature's reaction to the 1996 Hopwood ruling but the US 5th Circuit COA that disallowed using race as a factor for admission to Texas public universities (which was subsequently abrogated by SCOTUS in the Michigan case).
I wonder if the in-state tuition deal for TX students (or at least highly-qualified TX students) at neighboring state universities started around 1997-1998. I agree with those here saying this has actually been beneficial to both the students and the neighboring states.
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