Over eighteen years ago a law was passed in Texas known as the top ten percent rule. For students that graduated in the top ten percent was a big deal because it atomically grant them admission to any state college regardless of his or her test scores such as the SAT. The government feel that better quality of the students admitted, the less likely they are to drop out of college. In addition it will not take students graduate. Graduating with honors give those particular student special privileges. Texas government believes that the top ten percent rule will inspire students to work hard while it increase the amount of minorities acceptance into a public Texas University. The top ten percent rule should be abolished because universities should be admitting students based on their knowledge and not their ethnic background this law is just another form of discrimination.
Higher education has definitely changed over the years. Once upon a time not long ago students were able to enroll in any state college or university of his or her choice due to open enrollment. The only necessity for open enrollment was high school completion SAT scores was not a factor. Later on down the line higher education shifted to affirmative action programs. …show more content…
Take into account the students that attend competitive schools vs students that attend noncompetitive schools. Students that attend competitive schools have access to higher education vs students that attend noncompetitive schools. Wealthy parents can easily move their child into the noncompetitive school districts so that their child now has less competition therefore, has a higher chance getting into the top ten percent category. The top ten percent rule should be abolished because universities should be admitting students based on their knowledge and not their ethnic background this law is just another form of
Higher education has definitely changed over the years. Once upon a time not long ago students were able to enroll in any state college or university of his or her choice due to open enrollment. The only necessity for open enrollment was high school completion SAT scores was not a factor. Later on down the line higher education shifted to affirmative action programs. …show more content…
Take into account the students that attend competitive schools vs students that attend noncompetitive schools. Students that attend competitive schools have access to higher education vs students that attend noncompetitive schools. Wealthy parents can easily move their child into the noncompetitive school districts so that their child now has less competition therefore, has a higher chance getting into the top ten percent category. The top ten percent rule should be abolished because universities should be admitting students based on their knowledge and not their ethnic background this law is just another form of