Suit Against the University of Texas Over Admissions Policies Was Improperly Dismissed

by Jennifer Childress | Jul 5, 2022 | Legal Developments

Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. (SFFA), a nonprofit organization committed to ending race discrimination in higher-education admissions, sued the University of Texas at Austin (UT) over its use of race in admitting students. The district court concluded SFFA had...

UT Officials Remove Confederate Statues in the Middle of the Night

by Jennifer Childress | Aug 23, 2017 | Education News, National

Following the recent events in Charlottesville, Va., officials at the University of Texas in Austin decided to surreptitiously remove several Confederate monuments from the school campus this week. The removal of the statues began late at night on Sunday, August 20,...