Brief of the Authors of the Texas Ten Percent Plan as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondents in Gratz v. Bollinger, et al.
Legal Brief - February 18, 2003
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- Percentage plans are not effective alternatives for race-conscious admissions
- Minority percentages have not returned to pre-Hopwood numbers since the end of affirmative action; pre-Hopwood numbers also do not take into account the increasing minority population
- The Texas 10% plan has experienced limited success due to intensive outreach programs to underserved schools
- Percentage plans do not translate across states, and would not work on a national level
- Percentage plans do not work on the graduate level
- To increase diversity at competitive schools, no other criterion can substitute race
