The Texas Ten Percent Plan
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The Texas Ten Percent Plan allows the top ten percent of graduating high school students in the state to be admitted to any state university automatically. The plan was prompted by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit's decision in Hopwood v. Texas, which ended the use of affirmative action programs in higher education admissions. The Plan has not significantly increased the number of miniority enrollees at Texas state universities as hoped, but has shown the need to improve secondary education for minority students.
Publication Name: Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0017-8039
Year: 1999
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Justice O'Connor's blind rationalization of affirmative action jurisprudence
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The US Supreme Court's decision in Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena extended the strict scrutiny standard of review to federal affirmative action programs such as the minority set-aside program at issue in the case. The Court's hostility toward affirmative action programs will make it very difficult to withstand constitutional challenge. Before this case, the Court had drawn a distinction between state and local programs and federal programs, showing greater deference to Congressional action.
Publication Name: Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0017-8039
Year: 1996
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Multiple masculinities: a new vision for same-sex harassment law
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The method of 'sex flipping' used by the Supreme Court in Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services for determining when same-sex harassment is 'because of sex' is inadequate because it does not consider the triangular relationship between sex, gender, and sexuality. The courts must address gender identities not conforming to the masculine or feminine ideals. In doing so, they will facilitate the social movement toward gender plurality.
Publication Name: Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0017-8039
Year: 1999
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