Texas Keeps Top 10% Law for State Universities
In a surprising vote on Sunday, the Texas House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give state universities more of a say in how many in-state students they must admit under the state’s top-10-percent law.
The law, which was enacted a decade ago, requires that Texas students who graduate in the top 10 percent of their high-school class be admitted to the state institution of their choice. (more…)