University of Texas at Austin

basics I decided to research all the degree choices Texas State University had to offer. I found that getting a Bachelors in Communication Disorders would be the first step I had to take to become a speech-language pathologist, I will be graduating from Texas State University in May 2017 with a Bachelor's Degree in Communication Disorders. I am hoping to pursue a Master's in Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of North Texas. My overall goal is to become a speech-language…

Abigail N. Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin- 14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause Abigail Noel Fisher is a white female who applied as an undergraduate at University of Texas in 2008. Fisher blamed the affirmative action program and sued the university for race discrimination. Her reason was not sufficient enough to be approved in court. Fisher’s grades were not good enough, she had explained that she was not accepted when people of a different race were but that 's not the case. “ If…

“The Father of Texas” who was also known as Stephen F. Austin had originally brought 300 families to Texas to start a new colony there. Later more people started coming to this new colony in Texas for land. They later on wanted to be their own country and they also wanted to be annexed with the United States, and after many harsh battles they finally were their own country. Yay!! After a few years the were annexed with the United States by Anson Jones. And I write this essay to tell you how this…

5/6/16 Fisher v. University of Texas-Austin Fisher v. University of Texas, (2013), is a United States Supreme Court case dealing with the affirmative action admittance policy of the University of Texas-Austin. The Supreme Court overruled the lower appellate court's ruling that favored the University and protracted the case, holding that the lower court had not applied the standard of strict scrutiny, articulated in Grutter v. Bollinger (2003) and Regents of the University of California v.…

In 1997, the Texas legislature enacted a law requiring all public universities in Texas to admit all high school seniors who ranked in the top ten percent of their high school’s graduating class. The University of Texas at Austin, after finding disparities between the racial and ethnic makeup of the university's undergraduate population and the state's population, decided to modify its race-neutral admissions policy. The new policy continued to admit all in-state students who graduated in the…

education policies of all time. The ruling made it legal for the flagship University of Texas at Austin school to drop affirmative action in their admissions process (Hopwood v. Texas). In 1997 a response by affirmative action advocates proposed and passed what is considered a race-neutral admissions procedure that they believed would actually increase minority admissions to flagship schools in Texas. The now infamous Texas Top Ten Percent law requires that any high school graduate in the top…

To fully understand the problems revolving around race-based admission programs in various universities, one must first understand how this issue first developed, as well as what affirmative action is. Affirmative action is a policy also known as positive discrimination, in other words, it strives to favor people who are a minority, such as, people of color. This is an important issue as it affects legislators, colleges, but most importantly future college students. For this issue, there are…

I’ve always believe having firearms on college campus will have more negative effects that outweigh the positives. By having firearms on campus we are at risk at having another University of Austin or Virginia Tech incident. Supporters of the open carry argue that in the case of an active shooter on campus the students and faculty armed with a permit to carry a handgun can protect the lives of many. Which is true to an extent, but many shooters are normally not only armed with assault weapons…

Here in Austin, Texas we are very concerned about the Texas Senate Bill 11 (SB 11) that was passed by the Texas Legislature often referred to as “Campus Carry.” It permits individuals with a license to carry a concealed handgun or a concealed weapon on public university campuses in Texas beginning August 1, 2016. Since then there has been a lot of controversy over the topic. College is a place to learn not a place for violence. I believe that guns being carried opened or concealed threatens our…

AUSTIN, Texas – Students joined Houston Community College trustees in lobbying for the college at the Texas State Capitol. Fourteen HCC students traveled to Austin for Community College Day on Tuesday, March 7 when students from community colleges across the state swarmed the capitol grounds. The Texas Association of Community Colleges hosts the event every legislative session. HCC Students visited the offices of state senators and representatives who represent HCC’s district. They spoke…