Dan Branch: Tier One universities are key to Texas' future
Source: dallasnews.com Posted By: Monty C...5452 days ago
With more than 24 million Texans and only three national Tier One academic research universities – UT-Austin, Texas A&M and Rice – it's no wonder that our top schools have more outstanding applicants than they can admit.
Legislation filed by Sen. Florence Shapiro and myself seeks to ease admissions pressures resulting from the Top 10 percent rule by ensuring that high-demand universities can still choose a material percentage of their freshman class on a holistic basis. A partner piece of legislation,....