Texas Ten Percent Plan Brings More Students to State's Flagship Universities: But automatic admission causes drop in comparable private and out-of-state colleges

After a federal appellate court declared Texas's affirmative-action system, based on racial preferences, unconstitutional in 1997, Texas created the Texas Ten Percent Plan (TTP) as a way to maintain diversity in its public universities. The TTP provides students in the top 10 percent of their h...

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Published in:Education next 2014-07, Vol.14 (3)
Main Author: [Unknown]
Format: Article
Language:English
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Admission
California
Colleges and universities
Courts
Florida
High schools
Students
Texas
University of Texas
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Summary:After a federal appellate court declared Texas's affirmative-action system, based on racial preferences, unconstitutional in 1997, Texas created the Texas Ten Percent Plan (TTP) as a way to maintain diversity in its public universities. The TTP provides students in the top 10 percent of their high school class with automatic admission to any public university in the state, including the state's flagship colleges - the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M. The program soon became the model for similar policies in Florida and California. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:1539-9664