George W. Bush's Mixed Record on Higher Education in Texas

He's signed important legislation, but his role has been minimal

In the fall of 1996, six months after a federal court barred Texas colleges from considering race in admissions decisions, a group of professors, legislative aides, and civil-rights activists gathered in the office of State Rep. Irma Rangel.

They decided they had to do something to prevent minority enrollments from

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