Comments on: UT President says limiting top ten percent law would give UT advantages http://www.texasedspectator.com/2007/03/01/ut-president-says-limiting-top-ten-percent-law-would-give-ut-advantages/ Comments on the state of education in Texas Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:53:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: SamanthaMG http://www.texasedspectator.com/2007/03/01/ut-president-says-limiting-top-ten-percent-law-would-give-ut-advantages/comment-page-1/#comment-391 SamanthaMG Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:39:22 +0000 http://www.texasedspectator.com/2007/03/01/ut-president-says-limiting-top-ten-percent-law-would-give-ut-advantages/#comment-391 My guess is that what the President of UT is really concerned about is legacy admits. With the Top 10% Law/ H.B.588 in effect it probably limits the number of o.k. but not stellar student admits. Those who would have been admitted because of a legacy connection to UT prior to this law now they can't admit them because of space. Most colleges are funded from three sources. Tuition, Alumni Donations and income from their endowments - like a three leg stool each leg has to be strong to support the college/university. So my guess is they are worried because less of the admitted students can afford full tuition and they probably believe they will give less in alumni donations. Historically colleges primarily educated the wealthy elite over time the mission changed. The author of the SAT was instrumental by advocating the idea the students should be admitted based only on academic intelligence; as a result today most schools maintain a dual system. One set of standards for general admissions and another for legacies’; this law threatens the dual system. It will be interesting to see how this issue unfolds. My guess is that what the President of UT is really concerned about is legacy admits. With the Top 10% Law/ H.B.588 in effect it probably limits the number of o.k. but not stellar student admits. Those who would have been admitted because of a legacy connection to UT prior to this law now they can’t admit them because of space.

Most colleges are funded from three sources. Tuition, Alumni Donations and income from their endowments – like a three leg stool each leg has to be strong to support the college/university. So my guess is they are worried because less of the admitted students can afford full tuition and they probably believe they will give less in alumni donations.

Historically colleges primarily educated the wealthy elite over time the mission changed. The author of the SAT was instrumental by advocating the idea the students should be admitted based only on academic intelligence; as a result today most schools maintain a dual system. One set of standards for general admissions and another for legacies’; this law threatens the dual system. It will be interesting to see how this issue unfolds.

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