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Shushok, Frank – 2001
In reaction to the "Hopwood v. Texas" decision, which declared the use of race in college admissions illegal, Texas created a percentage plan that guaranteed admission to students who graduate within a specified percentile of their high school class. Under the Texas plan, any student graduating in the top 10% of his or her high school…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Class Rank, College Admission, Court Litigation
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
Richardson, Susan – Black Issues in Higher Education, 1997
As Texas' elite public colleges and universities experience enrollment declines, the state is requesting clarification of the legal decision in "Hopwood v. Texas," in which the court rejected affirmative action and mandated race-neutral admissions policies. The Texas attorney general disagrees with federal officials and critics on…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Admission, Court Litigation, Declining Enrollment