Duke University has affirmative action and legacy admissions. What prevents Texas A&M from having the same?
Perhaps the public nature of the university is a consideration, but if Aggie alumni wanted to follow the Duke plan by restoring legacy and affirmative action, who can doubt their political abilities in Texas? State Sen. Jeff Wentworth tells an El Paso reporter that the 10 percent law is raising enough complaints to attract the legislature’s attention.
But here’s the question: is Aggie hostility to affirmative action greater than their political desire to continue a legacy program? And if hostility to affirmative action exceeds alumni loyalty at Texas A&M, what does that say about the temperament of Aggie culture when it comes to racial diversity?
Alumni loyalty is most important
January 26, 2004
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