Texas did have that program, but they stopped it. On the surface, taking the top 5/10% of all high school graduates would seem like a great way to get top quality freshmen. But what came out was there is a difference in the quality of the school such that the second 20% in some schools were better able to compete academically than the top 10% in others. Further, with school desegregation you find that whatever the zip code you aren't guaranteed anything about the racial make up. Racial diversity didn't rise by taking the top 10%, but a lot of good qualified kids couldn't get in.

I believe they are now trying to recruit qualified candidate who are from minorities, rather than taking anyone in the top 10%. In short, if you are a minority and good enough they want to talk to you about the advantages of their school. We shall see if this will increase or decrease racial diversity. Some of the initial signs are that the really qualified minority candidates really like this approach because it is their capability that gets recognized. Or to put it another way, the qualified student doesn't feel they have to prove they have the capability, not just the skin color because their presence means they have the capability. Their skin color doesn't become a proxy declaration that they are most likely not qualified but here because of their skin color.

Why should rich white kids who dads and moms went to U of M get preferential treatment…I notice you never bring up that bit of white bias!

They don't dumbass - legacies are race neutral.

They were having conniptions on that point at Volokhia, but certainly, if she thinks the law's faulty, she's entitled to challenge it, though not to ignore it. U-MI might well get an injunction if they have a colorable (ha, ha) legal argument, which btw I don't pretend to say whether they do or not.

It's The University of Michigan...those words are givens...and this may be a shocker but diversity helps prepare people for the real world...rich white kids are not the end all, be all...I know this will come as a shock!

Why should rich white kids who dads and moms went to U of M get preferential treatment...I notice you never bring up that bit of white bias!

Is it my imagination, or does she does seem to approach the whole diversity thing as if that is not even a possibility?