University of Texas

Massachusetts

A veteran of race-based preference fight voices support for Texan

WASHINGTON – Jennifer Gratz said Monday she hopes that Abigail Fisher, a Texan whose case against a race-based university admission policy has been taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court, will keep refusing to buckle against the weight of liberal backlash. "It's almost becoming less about Abbie

Texas

Supreme Court torn over affirmative action at colleges

WASHINGTON (AP) — Torn as ever over race, the Supreme Court on Wednesday weighed whether it's time to end the use of race in college admissions nationwide or at least at the University of Texas. With liberal and conservative justices starkly divided, the justice who almost certainly will dictate