Texas House Bill 588

history of the United States, Texas is one of the few states that demonstrated three-way segregation including white, black, and Latinos communities. Generally, segregation influenced all dimensions of the society. In specific, former segregation in Texas has left an immeasurable impact on the state’s culture, economy, geography, and education. Despite the fact that institutional desegregation occurred decades ago, segregation of minorities still exists in modern Texas. In particular, the contemporary

University of Texas at Austin” Response Racial discrimination has been a prevalent issue in America since the beginning. After the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s, American society has tried to correct its discriminatory behavior, particularly in the field of education. But some believe this correction to ensure equality of educational opportunity is infringing on the rights of, not minorities, but whites. The Supreme Court Case, Abigail Fisher vs. University of Texas at Austin, tried

University of Texas at Austin website, as of fall 2015, nearly half of the student population was white. Less than 55% of the student population was made up of all other races. In the interview, “Great Isn’t Good Enough,” Greg Abbot argues against the top ten percent rule and automatic admissions. When asked about the Fisher V. University of Texas case and whether or not the school has the right strategy in considering race in admissions, Abbott responds by saying that the University of Texas at Austin

goals and higher learning like the minorities, then fine. Let them. Maybe this will take them off the “golden pedestal” for a while. ¬¬How does the “Ten Percent Rule” fall into affirmative action? Top headline: An incident happened at University of Texas ¬where their “Ten percent rule” guarantees the applicant admission if they graduated in the top 10 percent of their high school senior class. Let’s freeze and define top 10 percent real quick. The top 10 percent defines as “campus officials attribute

Destiney Taplin Justin Meyer Case Summary Abigail Fisher and Rachel Multer Michalewicz were just two young women from Texas trying to get into their dream school. In 2008 the young women applied at the University of Texas. The two women, both white, filed suit, alleging that the University had discriminated against them on the basis of their race in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Equal Protection Clause being a clause that allows no state to deny any

rights of the white applicants under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Furthermore, from Hopwood v. State of Texas, the Fifth Circuit Court ruled under strict scrutiny that, the affirmative action imposed by the University of Texas School of Law (“the law school”) violates the Fourteenth Amendment since neither the law school nor the University of Texas system has proved a proof of

Abigail Fisher, of Texas, applied for admission into the University of Texas at Austin (UT) and was denied; she sued the public university on the grounds of racial discrimination or reverse racism in the supreme court case Fisher v University of Texas. Abigail Fisher is a white female from Sugarland, Texas. Both her father and her older sister are UT alumni. She was not in the top ten percent of her class, so she was not granted automatic admissions to UT per Texas House Bill 588 (HB 588), which grants

High School, the place where memories are made, where anxiety is created, where relationships happen, and where your adult life is beginning. But nothing seems to concern students minds more than grades and with grades come ranking and with ranking comes competition and with competition comes a plethora of good and bad. Class ranking, as many of you know, ranks students based on their GPA from highest to lowest, subsequently giving someone with the highest GPA the highest rank and vice-versa.

Black Student Enrollment at The University of Texas at Austin An unstated mission of UT Austin is to educate Texans and enroll a student body that is as rich and diverse as the state of Texas. However, closer examination of the institution’s history and current make-up highlights the pressing constraints and experiences of its Black students. UT Austin is known for its ongoing political battles and hyper-regulated admissions policies in areas of access and “affirmative action”. These notably include:

Americans, suffered an equally remarkable number, about 800, killed or missing in action. They won seven Distinguished Unit Citations, including one awarded personally by President Harry Truman… Over 4,000 Purple Hearts, 29 Distinguished Service Crosses, 588 Silver Stars, and more than 4,000 Bronze