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August 16, 2017
The Battle Against Affirmative Action Continues After Fisher v. UT Austin
Unsurprisingly, Texas still plays a major role in the fight.
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Politics & Policy
December 11, 2015
The Top 10 Percent Rule on Trial
Supreme Court case will likely hinge on the effects of Texas's college admissions law.
Politics & Policy
October 8, 2015
The Supreme Court Could Hear Two Texas-Based Cases This Term
The U.S. Supreme Court could take on affirmative action and abortion restrictions, two cases originating from Texas.
January 21, 2013
UT Law Prof. Lino Graglia Says Black and Hispanic Students Are Less “Academically Competent” Again
This time to a black correspondent from the BBC, in an interview about the use of race in college admissions. He'd said similar things at a student forum in 1997.
Politics & Policy
January 21, 2013
SCOTUS Hears Arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
The outcome of the case could bar affirmative action from use in college admissions.
Politics & Policy
January 21, 2013
UT Files Brief In Defense of Admissions Policy
The University of Texas responded to a lawsuit questioning its admissions policy by submitting a 55-page document to the Supreme Court clarifying how race factors in to its process.
January 21, 2013
Supreme Court to Hear Case on UT Admissions Policy
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear Fisher v. Texas, a case that could limit or eliminate using race as a college admissions factor.
Behind the Lines
March 31, 2012
General Admission
Will Fisher v. The University of Texas at Austin help the U.S. Supreme Court decide affirmative action once and for all? Not likely, which is why it's time to let public universities make their own decision about which students to accept.
Feature
April 30, 2004
Corps Values
What place does tradition have at Texas A&M these days? One by one, the old ways are disappearing from the venerable campus, and many Aggies are up in arms. But embracing change may be the only way to save the school they love.
Politics & Policy
June 30, 1998
A Letter to the Mayor
The Honorable Lee P. Brown Mayor of HoustonHouston, TexasDear Mayor Brown,THANKS AGAIN FOR SEEING ME the other day. I’m always happy to have a reason to go to Houston City Hall. It’s not much to look at from the outside, but inside it’s one of my favorite
The Stand Up Desk
January 1, 1998
Roar of the Crowd
Race MattersI was captivated by paul Burka’s observation in “What’s Black and White and Red-faced All Over?” [December 1997] that “the only way to open the door to more minority students is to broaden—that means reduce—the standards for admissions.” The real question for society is this: Shall we lower our
News & Politics
December 1, 1997
What’s Black and White And Red-faced All Over?
The University of Texas at Austin, whose paralysis in response to the Hopwood decision ignited racial tensions. And that was before Lino Graglia said a word.
News & Politics
August 31, 1996
Law • Cheryl Hopwood
Sins of admission.
Politics & Policy
April 30, 1996
Fight Bakke
Will UT get affirmative action on affirmative action? Plus: A runoff rundown.
News & Politics
June 30, 1994
Affirmative Reaction
The judge could surprise everyone, but it is no longer likely that the case of Hopwood, et al. v. Texas, et al., which concluded in Austin in late May, will change America by rewriting the law of affirmative action. For a while, the suit brought by four white applicants who