Congressional Digest

Supreme Court Debates November 2012 No. 8 Vol. 15
University of Texas, et al., Respondents

Diversity in College Admissions

Equal Rights and Race in Higher Education

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University of Texas, et al., Respondents

Gregory G. Garre, Counsel of Record

The University of Texas at Austin, founded in 1883, is the flagship public university for the State of Texas. In August 2004, in order to increase the diversity of its student body, the university began considering race as one of a number of factors — including test scores, essays, grades, awards, and work experience — when determining whether to grant admittance to in-State applicants who did not graduate in the top 10 percent of their high school class. Prior to 1996, UT had considered race in admissions, but the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals had ruled the admissions policy…

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