The controversy over Texas’ Top 10 Percent Rule for college admissions shows how fraught the debate over race and higher education has become. This story is part of our “Price of Admission” series.
Top 10% Rule
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UT-Austin Automatic Admissions Standard for 2017: Top 7 Percent
Texas students who apply to UT-Austin for the fall 2017 semester will need to be in the top 7 percent of their high school class to gain automatic admission, which is tougher than the 2016 threshold.
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Sam Houston State Sees Graduation Rates Rise, Credits Advising Center
Sam Houston State University administrators credit a nationally recognized advising center for moving their graduation rates in the right direction.
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Higher Education
Texas Southern University Works to Lift Graduation Rate Up From Bottom
Texas Southern University has the state’s lowest graduation rate, but TSU President John Rudley says that steps are being taken to put the university on the right track.
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The Driving Force Behind UT’s Admissions Lawsuit
Edward Blum’s legal defense fund is behind Fisher v. University of Texas, which could halt the use of race in university admissions.
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Higher Education
Fisher v. Texas Headed to High Court
UPDATED: University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers has responded to the U.S. Supreme Court decision to hear an affirmative action case that argues the university’s race-conscious admissions policy violates the rights of white students.
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A Court Date for Hopwood 2.0
A panel of federal judges will hear arguments today for and against the University of Texas at Austin’s race-based admissions system, which the school has used for decades as part of what its “holistic” admissions program. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports.
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Demographics
TribBlog: Minding the Gaps
With two-thirds now over, it’s time to check in on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s 10-years old, 15-year initiative to close the gaps between Texas and other states in student achievement in higher education.
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Hopwood 2.0
A court case involving two University of Texas applicants who believe they were denied admission because they’re white threatens to reinvigorate an ideological skirmish that peaked in the late 1990s. The first lawsuit of its kind brought against a university since a pair of landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions in 2003, Fisher v. Texas has observers everywhere wondering if the state’s troubled history with race-based admissions makes it the ideal incubator for the next round of affirmative action battles.
