A case stemming from an admissions decision at the University of Texas at Austin is heading to the Supreme Court.
This NPR piece outlines the controversy well: a white Texas high school student who is not in the top 10 percent is denied admission to UT. She argues that she would have gotten a spot in the general application pool if race had not been a factor. Abigail Fisher eventually went to LSU but continued to press her case.
Since the Supreme Court said it would hear the case, the issue of race-based admission policy has been a subject of nonstop debate on websites across the country.
Texas lawmakers apparently will take up the issue themselves in the 2013 legislative session, according to the Houston Chronicle.
This NPR piece outlines the controversy well: a white Texas high school student who is not in the top 10 percent is denied admission to UT. She argues that she would have gotten a spot in the general application pool if race had not been a factor. Abigail Fisher eventually went to LSU but continued to press her case.
Since the Supreme Court said it would hear the case, the issue of race-based admission policy has been a subject of nonstop debate on websites across the country.
Texas lawmakers apparently will take up the issue themselves in the 2013 legislative session, according to the Houston Chronicle.
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