Reply #6: shoddy journalism [View All]

[Kenneth ken]

it would have been a better article if it said by count how many Freshmen were admitted to UT because of the law, and what the overall size of the UT freshmen class is.

"...where more than 70 percent of Texans admitted as freshmen this fall ..." is a vague statement that means nothing.


When I first heard about this back in '97, I thought it sounded like a great idea. Reading this article, I can see how it could potentially adverseley affect a particular school, if virtually everyone elegible under the law opted for that particular school.

I would think the solution, if indeed that happened, would be for the school to try to recruit more sophomores. Every university weeds out a certain percentage of freshmen.

It would be interesting to see the graduation rates for those college-elegible since 1997. Something else this story doesn't cover.