May 27, 2008

New Twists Mark the Debate Over Texas' Top-10% Plan

By Peter Schmidt

Born out of one legal battle over affirmative action, the Texas college-admissions policy known as the "top 10 percent plan" is now at the center of another.

The University of Texas at Austin is being challenged in federal court over its 2004 decision to return to using race-conscious admissions criteria after years without them. The outcome of the case may hinge on this question: Did Texas lawmakers come up with a workable alternative to such policies when they adopted a

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