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Direct linkMaramba, Dina C.; Sulè, V. Thandi; Winkle-Wagner, Rachelle – Journal of Higher Education, 2015
At the heart of the longstanding debate of addressing racial inequities in higher education is an argument about whether race should be a factor in admissions decisions. One argument is that institutions should be held accountable for diversity through external policies like affirmative action. Alternatively, there is the position that…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Policy, Accountability, Diversity (Institutional)
Healy, Patrick – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
During the 1997 session, many Texas lawmakers, especially Black and Hispanic Democrats, have introduced legislation to avert a crisis in the state's higher education system arising from the Hopwood v. Texas supreme court decision leading to discontinuance of affirmative action. Two controversial bills that were approved concerned softening of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Activism, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action
