Free Republic

Story last updated at 4:39 a.m. Thursday, May 27, 2004 Perry knocks top 10 percent admissions law AUSTIN (AP) — Gov. Rick Perry said Tuesday the state needs to overhaul a law requiring state colleges and universities to accept all students who graduate in the top 10 percent of their high school class. The law, passed in 1997, was intended to boost minority admissions after a lawsuit ended affirmative action in admissions policies. "I clearly think it is a problem in the state of Texas when you've got highly qualified young men and women leaving the state of Texas because...

Universities must wait one year before making changes UT considers race-based college admissions policy AUSTIN (AP) — Ethnic diversity at the University of Texas at Austin remains low more than a decade after four white students filed a lawsuit against the nation's largest university, setting off the demise of affirmative action in Texas. The university is considering a new admissions policy that would include race as a factor in selecting students in an effort to boost minority enrollment — a move allowed by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2003. "We've seen significant improvement in diversity on campus, but I...