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Defending UT Austin's admission standards?
Pricey. AP, April 22, 2012.
"Texas Affirmative Action Ban: Study Finds Hispanics Are More Underrepresented In Texas Universities Huffington Post, April 12, 2012.
"Latino College Completion: Texas" Education, June 22, 2011.
"Federal judge upholds UT's consideration of race in admissions"
Statesman.com, August 18, 2009
"NAACP Legal Defense Fund Applauds
Decision Upholding University of Texas Admissions Plan"www.naacpldf.org
August 17, 2009
"Texas Limits 10% Admissions." Inside Higher Education, June 1, 2009.
"Dialogue and Conversation on Latinos in Higher Education:
Tomás
Rivera Lecture - Hispanicity and Educational Equality"
Hispanic Outlook, May 18, 2009 
"10%
Admissions -- The Full Impact."
Inside Higher Education, April 6, 2009.
"Top 10 Percent Change Must Not Punish Minority Students"
The Dallas Morning News, March 14, 2009 
"One Thing I Know: Diversifying the College Campus"
by Marta Tienda.
Published in Contexts Magazine, Fall 2008,
pg 76.
"Missing
in Application: The Texas Top 10% Law and Campus Socioeconomic
Diversity" cited on DiversityWeb
Diversity and
Democracy newsletter, vol. 11, no. 3, Fall 2008
"Cool People You Should Know: Marta Tienda."
Education Week (on
eduwonkette blog), July 18, 2008
"New Twists Mark the Debate Over Texas'
Top 10-Percent Plan"The Chronicle of Higher
Education, June 6, 2008
"New Study on College-Going Rates Gives
Mom Something Else to Worry About" The Chronicle of
Higher Education, May 8, 2008
"Researchers Accuse Selective Colleges
of Giving Admissions Tests Too Much Weight"The
Chronicle of Higher Education, May 2, 2008
"Major Shifts in College Admissions
Policies in Texas had Unforeseen Consequences" The
Chronicle of Higher Education, March 27, 2008
"Top 10 percent may hurt minorities, report says" The Daily Texan, February 24, 2005

"Two studies analyze Texas admission systems written" The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions
Officers, February 23, 2005

"The idea of college must be cultivated" The Fort
Worth Star-Telegram, July 4, 2004

"Texas A&M: Texas Legislature meets to discuss future of Top-10
Plan" The Battalion, June 29, 2004

"Expert has idea for top 10%: State could select college to which
grad is admitted" The Houston Chronicle, June 25, 2004

"Texas system could choose campus, Professor suggests" The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, June 25, 2004

"Cap on top 10% rule urged at UT, A&M" The San
Antonio Express-News, June 25, 2004

"Researcher argues to rescind students' campus choice" The Associated Press, June 24, 2004

"State could select college to which grad is admitted" The Associated Press, June 24, 2004

"Reality Check: Texas Top 10 percent plan" Hispanic
Outlook, May 3, 2004

"An Interview with Marta Tienda" The Carnegie Reporter,
Spring, 2004

"Top 10% plan has improved diversity at top Texas college" The El Paso Times, January 23, 2004

"Longhorns of the lower 90" The Houston Chronicle,
January 21, 2004

"Study: Top 10 law not curbing college choices" WOAI.com, January 20, 2004

"Study: Top students not hurt by admissions law" Published in
The Dallas Morning News, January 20, 2004

"Study: Top 10 law not curbing college choices" The Denton Record-Chronicle, January 20, 2004

"10% rule not hindering good students" The San Antonio
Express News, January 20, 2004

"Study, 'Top 10 Rule' working, but slowly" KVUE News, January 20, 2004

"Study: Top 10 Law not curbing college choices" The Houston Chronicle, January 20, 2004

"Study: 10 Percent law isn't doing enough for diversity" The Austin-American Statesman, October 24, 2003

"A moment with Marta Tienda" Princeton Alumni Weekly,
March 12, 2003

"Sociology Professor finds 10 Percent Plan Flawed" The Daily Princetonian, February 4, 2003

"Study: Texas '10 Percent Plan' Fails to Sustain Diversity" Princeton Weekly Bulletin, February 3, 2003 Col 92, No. 14

"Closing the Gap?: Admissions and enrollments at the Texas Public
Flagships" Policy Brief, Woodrow Wilson School, January 27, 2003

"Texas Admissions plan has not increased diversity at flagship Campuses" The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 24, 2003

"Study: Texas '10 Percent Plan," Fails to Sustain Diversity at
Flagship University" News from Princeton University January
23, 2003

"Ten Percent in Texas" The Ford Foundation Report,
Fall 2002

"Affirmative Action Alternative put to the test in Texas" Population Today, Volume 30, Number 5, July 2002

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