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University of Texas campuses can make the choice on affirmative action.(Affirmative Action Watch)

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| August 28, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 1999 Cox, Matthews & Associates. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

SAN ANTONIO

The University of Texas Board of Regents earlier this month approved a policy. that allows individual campuses within the UT System to decide whether to adopt affirmative-action criteria in admissions.

Authority may be further decentralized to separate colleges and even academic departments within those 15 university campuses as a way to enroll a more diverse student population.

The regents' action on affirmative action was a response to the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in June that public universities can use race and ethnicity as a factor when admitting students. The high court's ruling negated the Hopwood decisions in Texas, which …

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