IN THE NEWS
General Top 10%
"U.S. Appeals Court Overturns Michigan Ban on Affirmative Action at Public Colleges" Published in The Chronicle, July 1, 2011 
"Alternate Routes to Equity in Higher Education: Interview With Marta Tienda" Published
in Population Reference Bureau, April 18, 2011.
"Key Win for Affirmative Action"
Published in Inside Higher Ed, January 19, 2011
"Senate OKs Limits on Top 10% Law"
Published in Austin
American-Statesman, March 25, 2009.
"Top 10%
Rule Closer to Change." Published in the El Paso Times (TX),
March 5, 2009
"UT President Warns of Consequences to Automatic-Admission Law"
Published
in the Austin
American-Statesman, March 5, 2009.
"Erasing Race"
Published
in The Economist, February 26, 2009.
"The 10% Fight is Back."
Published in
Inside Higher Education, January 12, 2009.
"UT-Austin
pushes lawmakers to modify 'top 10 percent rule.'" Published in
The Houston Chronicle, January 7, 2009.
The Top
10% Law and its Impact on the University of Texas at Austin
(Report released by UT Austin) - December
2008
Message
from University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers - June
2008
Judge
Considers Legality of UT's Admissions Policy ; Published in
Austin American-Statesman, May 20, 2008
State lawmaker wants
ten-percent rule, Automatic college admissions policy has been implemented in
Texas, Calif., and Fla. ; Published in the Michigan Daily News, April 14, 2008
A drive
to admit state's students ; Published in the Ann Arbor News
(MI), April 13, 2008
Lawmaker
proposes college admissions change ; Published in the Ann Arbor
News (MI), April 11, 2008
Top Students to get
priority at Michigan universities: Public colleges likely to oppose admissions
change; Published in Lansing State Journal (MI), April 11, 2008
Lawsuit Filed Over UT Admissions Policy ; Published by the
American Association of College Registrars and Admissions
Officers (AACRAO), April 9, 2008
Affirmative Action
Challenged Anew ; Published in Inside Higher Education, April 8, 2008
University of
Texas-Austin Sued Over Re-Introduction of Racial and Ethnic Preferences in
Undergraduate Admissions ; Press Release published by Project for Fair
Representation, April 7, 2008
81 Percent of UT's
Admissions offers go to Top 10 Percent Grads ; Published in the Houston
Chronicle, March 20, 2008
Top 10
Rule limits UT-Austin, says School President ; Published in the
Houston Chronicle, March 20, 2008
Minority Students Fare Better in Colleges When High-School Classmates Also Enroll, Researchers Say
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Published in The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 11, 2007.
College Admissions as Conspiracy Theory
;
Published in The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 9, 2007.
Taking aim at the SAT, 'mindless' college ratings
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Published in the Princeton Alumni Weekly, Notebook, September 26, 2007.
Critics Challenge Affirmative Action in Texas, Citing Success of Alternatives
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Published in The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 3, 2007.
Discrimination Complaint Argues That the U. of Texas at Austin Considers Race Unnecessarily
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Published in The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 24, 2007.
Provocative Theory on Merit
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Published in Inside Higher Ed, July 18, 2007.
10 Percent Plan Survives in Texas
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Published in Inside Higher Ed, May 29, 2007.
Texas House Scuttles Legislation That Would Have Capped Admissions Under Top-10% Law
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Published in the Chronicle of Higher Education, May 29, 2007.
Don't mess with college 'Top 10 Percent' plan
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Published in Houston Chronicle, April 29, 2007.
Cap on top 10% law clears House panel
Bill's limits on college admissions vary from those in Senate plan
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Published in Dallas Morning News, May 15, 2007.
Senate Passes Top 10 Percent Compromise
New plan comes complete with tuition scholarship program.;
Published in Quorum Report, May 4, 2007.
UT calls for limiting top 10 percent admissions
A cap on 1997 law would make it easier to boost racial and ethnic diversity, Powers tells lawmakers.;
Published in the Austin American-Statesman, February 27, 2007.
Editorial: Ensure diversity by admitting top 10% graduates to college;
Published in the Detroit News, February 6, 2007.
"Perry Plan Adds $1.7 billion for Higher
Education." Published in the Houston Chronicle, February 2, 2007.
"Adjusting a Formula Devised for Diversity" Published in The New York Times, December 13, 2006.
"Issues of Access and Affordability Highlighted at Higher Education Conference." Published in Diverse, October 5, 2006.
"Going Beyond 10%." Published by InsideHigherEd.com, September 18, 2006.
"Educating Growing Latino Population Critical To Texas' Future, Experts Say." Published in
the Houston Chronicle, September 3, 2006.
"State to Require More of Grads" Published in
the Dallas Morning News, July 16, 2006.
"Commission Proposes Federal Tracking of
Students to Improve Colleges' Accountability" Published in the
Gainesville Sun, July 13, 2006.
"HCC Honors College Will Cater to the Best"
Published in the Houston Chronicle, July 8, 2006.
"UTSA Has New Tactics to Boost Its Grad Rates"
Published in the San Antonio Express-News, June 15, 2006.
"School Integration to Go to High Court"
Published in the San Antonio Express-News, June 06, 2006.
"Students Go the Extra Mile for
College Acceptance" Published in the Houston Chronicle, June
5, 2006.
"Encouragement Key in Students'
Education Treks" Published in the San Antonio Express-News,
May 21, 2006.
"Study Undermines Argument
Against Race-Sensitive Admissions" Published in Recruitment and
Retention in Higher Education, April 2006.
"Education Gaps Among US
Hispanics Stagnating Economic Progress" Published in
DiverseEducation.com, March 23, 2006
"High Schools May Pay for
College Gap" Published by the San Antonio Express-News, February 23,
2006
"UT Plans to Lift Rate,
Number of Graduates" Published by the Houston Chronicle, February
10, 2006
"Push Now is on to Make 4 Year Colleges Just
That" Published by the San Antonio Express-News. February 10, 2006
"Our Opinion: Diversity Plan
Misses the Mark" Published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
February 5, 2006
"Increasing Number of Hispanics Completing
Higher Education" Published by the Associated Press, January 27,
2006
"First-Year Report"
Published by the Houston Chronicle, January 16, 2006
"Challenge at UH" Published by the Houston Chronicle, December
11, 2005
"Next UT Chief Lays Out Lofty Goals" Published by the
Austin-American Statesman, November 18, 2005
"College Ethnic Gaps May Hit Economy, Report Says" Published by
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, November 9, 2005
"Making Grade in U.S. Schools" Published
by the Los Angeles Times, November 2, 2005
"Diversity changes face of education" Published
by the Star-Telegram, October 30, 2005
"UT-Austin: State of the University Address"
by President Faulkner, September 14, 2005
"Transfer students Flock to Austin" Published
by The Star-Telegram, August 30, 2005
"Faulkner to step down as UT president" Published
by The Dallas Morning News, June 29, 2005
"Daily Texan Interview with Faulkner" Published
by The Daily Texan, June 29, 2005
"UT-Austin re-enacts affirmative action to boost diversity" Published
by Shorthorn Online, June 16, 2005
"The Decline of Affirmative Action" Published
by InsideHigherEd.com, June 7, 2005
"For now, top 10% law will stay as is" Published
by the American-Statesman staff, May 26, 2005
"Change in top 10% law unlikely" Published
by Star-telegram, May 22, 2005
"Texas and the 10% Plan" Published
by InsideHigherEd.com, May 13, 2005
"House bill would cap automatic university admissions" Published
by the Associated Press, May 11, 2005
"Tougher Classes Required Under Senate's Top 10 Percent Bill" Published
by the Associated Press, May 6, 2005
"College Top 10% Law is
Targeted" Published by the Dallas Morning
News, May 2, 2005
"Class-Rank Plan Faces
Trouble in Texas" Published by the Chronicle
of Higher Education, April 22, 2005
"Faulkner argues for
altering top 10% law" Published by the Austin-American
Statesman, March 31, 2005
"Lawmakers debate university admissions law" Published by the
Associated Press, March 30, 2005
"Tough fight shaping up on
state college admission law" Published by the Austin-American Statesman, March 30, 2005
"Top 10% law vital for UT"
Published by The Daily Texan,
March 28, 2005
"Laycock: On top
10-percent law, let's alter it, not toss it" Published by the Austin-American Statesman, March 23, 2005
"Battle lines forming on
college admission law" Published by
the Austin-American Statesman, February 9, 2005
"The Texas Top Ten Percent
Rule: Bad Policy, Good Politics" Published by the Austin Review, July 9, 2004
"Keep Admissions Rule"
Published by USA Today, July 6, 2004
"Senate reviews
effectiveness of ‘Top 10' Law; UT officials call for cap" Published
by Austin-American Statesman, June 25, 2004
"Texas lawmakers are urged
to supplement 10-percent admissions policy with action" Published by the Chronicle of Higher Education, June,
25, 2004
"Universities urge cap to
top 10 percent rule schools want flexibility in admissions"
Published by Corpus Christi Caller-Times, June 25, 2004
"U. Texas-Austin: Hearing
weighs merits of Texas top 10 rule" Published by The Daily Texan, June 25, 2004
"Panel debates 10 percent
rule" Published by the Star-Telegram,
June 25, 2004
"Top 10 percent law
questioned" Published by Channel 8 News,
June 24, 2004
"Wealthy chafe at Texas
recipe for diversity" Published by the
South Florida Sun-Sentinel, June 13, 2004
"Diversity plan shaped in
Texas is under attack" Published by
the New York Times, June 8, 2004
"Reality Check Texas Top Ten Percent Plan" Published by the Hispanic Outlook,
May 03, 2004
"New UT Task Force
recommends smaller student population" Published by the San Antonio Express-News,
January 26, 2004
"Affirmative action, Texas style, Stirs criticism" Published
by The Christian Science Monitor, February 12, 2003
"Admission plan faulted"
Published by the Boston Globe, February
11, 2003
"Schools share diversity efforts: Race-based policies aren't the only
way" Published by the Atlanta-Journal Constitution,
January 28, 2003
"Answer to affirmative action falters in Texas" Published
by
the Detroit News Online, January 24, 2003
"Using Synonyms for
Race, College Strives for Diversity" Published by the New York
Times, December 8, 2002
"Class Rank Predicts Student
Success" Published by USA Today, April 5, 2002
"'Top 10 Percent' Helps
Students" Published by the San Antonio Express-News, October 25,
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