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Texas House Bill 588, commonly referred to as the "Top 10% Rule", is a Texas law passed in 1997. It was signed into law by then governor George W. Bush on May 20, 1997. The law guarantees Texas students who graduated in the top ten percent of their high school class automatic admission to all state-funded universities.
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
Texas State University (TXST) is a public research university with its main campus in San Marcos, Texas, United States, and another campus in Round Rock.Since its establishment in 1899, the university has grown to be one of the largest universities in the United States.
List of Public Universities in Texas by Fall Enrollment University 2023 2022 2021 [1] 2020 [1] 2019 ... Texas State University: 38,759 38,231 37,864 37,812 38,187 ...
Texas A&M University is the state's largest of higher learning in terms of enrollment and largest public university, having 77,491 students [3] while Southwest College for the Deaf is the state's smallest college with an enrollment of 48 in the fall of 2023. [4]
Hopwood v. Texas, 78 F.3d 932 (5th Cir. 1996), [1] was the first successful legal challenge to a university's affirmative action policy in student admissions since Regents of the University of California v.
The Texas Legislature has delegated administrative power and authority over the Texas State University System to its board of regents including the organization, control, and management of the system and each of its component institutions including employing and discharging the presidents, officers, and other employees of each member institution.
"Texas-sized" describes something that is about the size of the U.S. state of Texas, [339] [340] or something (usually but not always originating from Texas) that is large compared to other objects of its type. [341] [342] [343] Texas was the largest U.S. state until Alaska became a state in 1959. The phrase "everything is bigger in Texas" has ...