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Horner, Jeff S. – School Business Affairs, 1998
In March 1996, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals invalidated the University of Texas School of Law's admission policy in "Hopwood v. State of Texas." The state failed to show a compelling government interest for the affirmative-action admissions policy favoring Mexican-American and African-American applicants. Minority admissions…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Blacks, College Admission
Peer reviewedValencia, Richard R.; San Miguel, Guadalupe, Jr. – Harvard Educational Review, 1998
Describes four eras in Mexican-American education: (1) schooling in the Southwest, 1848-1890; (2) expansion of Mexican-American education, 1890-1930; (3) changing nature of public education, 1930-1960; and (4) the contemporary period. Explores such themes as exclusion, segregated and inferior schooling, and nativism. (SK)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Court Litigation, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
