A Texas-Size Challenge

With the stakes high, public colleges in the state seek more Hispanic students

Chart: Texas Falls Short

Article: Academe's Hispanic FutureBy MICHAEL ARNONE

At 8:30 a.m., as the University of Texas at Austin slowly comes to life, 50 Houston high-school students disembark from their bus. They are visiting the university through its "Longhorn for a Day" program, which invites the best students from schools that traditionally have not sent many to the Austin campus. Nearly

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