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Healy, Patrick – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
During the 1997 session, many Texas lawmakers, especially Black and Hispanic Democrats, have introduced legislation to avert a crisis in the state's higher education system arising from the Hopwood v. Texas supreme court decision leading to discontinuance of affirmative action. Two controversial bills that were approved concerned softening of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Activism, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action
Ingram, Richard T. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1997
The paper addresses the need for reform in the trusteeship of public higher education that will address coming economic, political, and social challenges. It suggests the need for clearer definition of the roles and responsibilities of lawmakers, trustees, and public higher education leaders, and key reforms that include: (1) the recruitment,…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Budgeting, Case Studies, Educational Change
