Study finds Texas? top 10 percent rule helps white students more than Hispanics

A study published in the journal Race and Social Problems found that that switching from a quota-style affirmative action policy in admissions to Texas colleges and universities to the “top 10 percent” rule, which guarantees admission to all students who graduate high school at the top of their class, has benefited white students relative to Hispanic students. For the study, Princeton University sociology professors Angel Harris and Marta Tienda� looked at data on applicants, admittees and enrollees to Texas? top public universities, University of Texas, Austin and Texas A&M University,� from 1993 to 2003. The time range allowed researchers to analyze data from when affirmative action was permitted, when it [...]

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