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Fisher v. University of Texas, 570 U.S. 297 (2013), also known as Fisher I (to distinguish it from the 2016 case), [1] is a United States Supreme Court case concerning the affirmative action admissions policy of the University of Texas at Austin.
Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, Maryland has had a few secret societies The Green and Grey Society, named after the school’s colors, was established in 1989. The school selects “a small number of men and women from the senior class who demonstrated excellence in academic, personal, and spiritual integration and a commitment to ...
Plaintiffs Abigail Noel Fisher and Rachel Multer Michalewicz applied to the University of Texas at Austin in 2008 and were denied admission. The two women, both white, filed suit, alleging that the University had discriminated against them on the basis of their race in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. [5]
When the Varsity Blues scandal hit in 2019, it rocked American academia in unprecedented ways. Five years later, a Times investigation revisited the scandal with a trove of new documents that ...
Red River Showdown (University of Oklahoma vs. University of Texas at Austin) – college football's Red River Showdown. [9] The two teams play annually at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, with the fans of each side divided by the 50-yard line. The "Golden Hat" trophy is awarded to the winner. Both teams will move together to the SEC in 2024.
At the beginning of the American Civil War, most of the student body of the University of Mississippi rallied to the Confederate cause. [1] Some 55 of the students joined the “University Greys” and 17 enlisted with the “Lamar Rifles,” a Lafayette County militia, while others joined with various other state regiments. [2]
SOURCE: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, The University of Texas at Austin (2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010). Read our methodology here. HuffPost and The Chronicle examined 201 public D-I schools from 2010-2014. Schools are ranked based on the percentage of their athletic budget that comes from subsidies.
Texas’ largest Teamsters union, Local 988, endorsed Vice President Harris before her rally in Houston on Friday. In a letter first obtained by The Hill, the union, which is based in Houston ...