Affirmative Action and Its Discontents: Lessons from the Texas Top Ten Percent Plan | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Affirmative Action and Its Discontents: Lessons from the Texas Top Ten Percent Plan

Date & time

Oct 29, 2003, 4:00-5:30 pm EST

Location

Marta Tienda, Princeton University with with comment from Patricia Gurin, University of Michigan. View PowerPoint presentation.

'Closing the Gap?: Admissions & Enrollments at the Texas University Flagships Before and After Affirmative Action' (PDF)

'Hispanics and the 'Mismatch' Hypothesis: Differentials in College Graduation Rates by Institutional Selectivity' (PDF, 349K)

Texas Top 10% Project

Links to Patricia Gurin's research on diversity and higher education