Post by Logan on Jun 22, 2016 21:37:45 GMT -6
How Texas A&M Boosted Minority Enrollment Without Affirmative Action
In the next few days – perhaps even hours – we’re expecting to hear from the U.S. Supreme Court on Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, the long-contested case challenging the consideration of race in admissions at the University of Texas.
UT has maintained that consideration of race is necessary to ensure diversity and boost minority enrollment. But if it’s necessary, what accounts for what’s happened at rival school Texas A&M University? Since 2003, Texas A&M has not used affirmative action in its admissions process, and the numbers might surprise you.
Scott McDonald, director of admissions at Texas A&M, says that after Grutter V. Bollinger established that race could in fact be used as a considering factor in admissions, then-president Robert Gates decided not to use affirmative action. Instead, the university would focus more on recruitment.
“What he did was really supply the funding for our office of admissions and financial aid offices to go out and establish our prospective student centers across the state,” McDonald says, “and actually go into the high schools where underserved populations are.”
Read more: www.texasstandard.org/stories/how-texas-am-boosted-minority-enrollment-without-affirmative-action/#
In the next few days – perhaps even hours – we’re expecting to hear from the U.S. Supreme Court on Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, the long-contested case challenging the consideration of race in admissions at the University of Texas.
UT has maintained that consideration of race is necessary to ensure diversity and boost minority enrollment. But if it’s necessary, what accounts for what’s happened at rival school Texas A&M University? Since 2003, Texas A&M has not used affirmative action in its admissions process, and the numbers might surprise you.
Scott McDonald, director of admissions at Texas A&M, says that after Grutter V. Bollinger established that race could in fact be used as a considering factor in admissions, then-president Robert Gates decided not to use affirmative action. Instead, the university would focus more on recruitment.
“What he did was really supply the funding for our office of admissions and financial aid offices to go out and establish our prospective student centers across the state,” McDonald says, “and actually go into the high schools where underserved populations are.”
Read more: www.texasstandard.org/stories/how-texas-am-boosted-minority-enrollment-without-affirmative-action/#