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Aww crap. Young failed UDub too:

http://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/uws-performance-is-up-so-why-is-its-u-s-news-ranking-down/

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The drop would seem to say as much about the idiosyncrasies of college-ratings systems as it does about the UW's performance, which by other metrics seems to be on the upswing

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This is just one of many things Sharp is screwing up.

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This is just one of many things Sharp is screwing up.

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Yep. And most people don't realize he's the cause of rush hour traffic...and AIDS...

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This is just one of many things Sharp is screwing up.

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Yep. And most people don't realize he's the cause of rush hour traffic...and AIDS...

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University leaders admit they still have a long way to go. Last year, more than half of Texas school children were Hispanic. And A&M's student body is still far whiter than Texas overall. A&M is 59 percent white, compared to UT-Austin, which is 45 percent white.

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I read that the incoming class is 25% hispanic. I imagine A&M will lose its conservative reputation with those demographics.

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I read that the incoming class is 25% hispanic. I imagine A&M will lose its conservative reputation with those demographics.

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Have you spent time on other college campuses with larger minority populations? I doubt you see much obvious cultural change that isn't already under way.

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Aww crap. Young failed UDub too:

http://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/uws-performance-is-up-so-why-is-its-u-s-news-ranking-down/

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The drop would seem to say as much about the idiosyncrasies of college-ratings systems as it does about the UW's performance, which by other metrics seems to be on the upswing

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See? These ratings systems are not bullet proof. Anyone with a political agenda (or poor reading skills) can easily use them to mislead people

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No one has ever said the rankings aren't bullet proof.

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With Thursday's U.S. Supreme Courtdecision in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, an eight-year legal fight over affirmative action at UT-Austin has finally ended. But the battle over race and admissions at one of the state's two flagship universities is just getting started.
That's because for years, the diversity issue that has provoked the most passion among Texas parents and legislators has been the state's Top 10 Percent Rule, not affirmative action. And a growing number of state lawmakers are expressing a desire to tweak or repeal the higher education admissions rule designed to help black and Hispanic students at poor-performing inner-city high schools during next year's legislative session.
"There is quite a bit of chatter about it" among legislators, said state Rep. John Zerwas, R-Richmond, the chairman of the House Higher Education Committee, who personally doesn't like the rule. State Sen. Kel Seliger, Zerwas' Senate counterpart, called the Top 10 Percent Rule a potential example of "big government."

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So UT is 45% white now and A&M is 59% and falling. Diversity at these institutions was inevitable with the demographic makeup of Texas. So why do we still have the top 10% law?

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With Thursday's U.S. Supreme Courtdecision in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, an eight-year legal fight over affirmative action at UT-Austin has finally ended. But the battle over race and admissions at one of the state's two flagship universities is just getting started.
That's because for years, the diversity issue that has provoked the most passion among Texas parents and legislators has been the state's Top 10 Percent Rule, not affirmative action. And a growing number of state lawmakers are expressing a desire to tweak or repeal the higher education admissions rule designed to help black and Hispanic students at poor-performing inner-city high schools during next year's legislative session.
"There is quite a bit of chatter about it" among legislators, said state Rep. John Zerwas, R-Richmond, the chairman of the House Higher Education Committee, who personally doesn't like the rule. State Sen. Kel Seliger, Zerwas' Senate counterpart, called the Top 10 Percent Rule a potential example of "big government."

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https://www.texastribune.org/2016/06/23/could-scotus-ruling-help-end-top-10-percent-rule/

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Texas A&M University, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Houston will be awarded more than $34 million and bring in 10 new researchers under a new higher education grant program, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday.

Of the three schools, A&M was awarded the vast majority of the grants $20.7 million to bring in five new researchers.

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Texas A&M University, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Houston will be awarded more than $34 million and bring in 10 new researchers under a new higher education grant program, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday.

Of the three schools, A&M was awarded the vast majority of the grants $20.7 million to bring in five new researchers.

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Greg Abbott @GregAbbott_TX Jul 21

I'm also working to help the University of Houston be elite off the field by attracting top researchers. @UHouston

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[url=https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX][/url]Elevating UH to tier 1 means A&M can stop growing enrollment and can be more selective.

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The UNT Dallas College of Law tried something different. They welcomed a diverse group of students, many with grit but not the grades or test scores to get into top law schools. They kept tuition low to avoid six-figure debt.

But that plan will succeed only if students graduate, pass the bar exam and find jobs. A key group with the American Bar Association doubts UNT Dallas can pull it off, and has recommended that the school not be accredited.

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Young makes over a million dollars a year. Why??

https://www.texastribune.org/2016/07/17/three-top-four-highest-paid-university-executives-/

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COLLEGE STATION, Tex. (KBTX) - Texas A&M has set another enrollment record.
Overall, the university has 66,426 students for the Fall 2016 semester, according to 20th class day statistics. That number includes the Galveston branch campus, along with the colleges of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health and law.
There are 60,979 on the College Station campus alone.

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Texas A&M University has hit a record-high fall enrollment of 66,426 students, school officials announced Thursday.

Of that figure, 60,979 students are on the College Station campus.

Overall enrollment is up by nearly 3,000 students, including 2,464 at the College Station campus.

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