In The News
"New Twists Mark the Debate Over Texas'
Top 10-Percent Plan" Published in The Chronicle of Higher
Education, June 6, 2008
Message
from University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers - June
2008
Judge
Considers Legality of UT's Admissions Policy ; Published in
Austin American-Statesman, May 20, 2008
"Researchers Accuse Selective Colleges
of Giving Admissions Tests Too Much Weight" Published in The
Chronicle of Higher Education, May 2, 2008
State lawmaker wants
ten-percent rule, Automatic college admissions policy has been implemented in
Texas, Calif., and Fla. ; Published in the Michigan Daily News, April 14, 2008
University of
Texas-Austin Sued Over Re-Introduction of Racial and Ethnic Preferences in
Undergraduate Admissions ; Press Release published by Project for Fair
Repre-sentation, April 7, 2008
More News »
STUDY OVERVIEW
The Texas Higher
Education Opportunity Project (THEOP) investigates college planning and enrollment
behavior under a policy that guarantees high school seniors who
graduate in the top 10% of their class admission to any Texas
public college or university. The study is based on a two-cohort
longitudinal survey of sophomores and seniors who were enrolled in
Texas public schools as of spring, 2002. The senior cohort was
re-interviewed in 2003 and again in 2006. Sophomores were
re-interviewed in 2004, when most were high school seniors.
[Survey Overview]
The investigators have also assembled administrative data from 7
public and 2 private universities in Texas. The administrative data files,
which include applicant records and term files for enrollees, have
been standardized for maximum comparability over time
and across institutions.
The baseline applicant files
provide data on personal background, educational background, and application data.
[Administrative
Data Overview]
CURRENT EVENTS
2008 THEOP Research Seminar
THEOP will host its second research seminar for early career
scholars on August 14-15, 2008 at Princeton University. Sixteen
research papers will be presented, covering four themes: (1)
precursors to college; (2) college choice; (3) college access;
and (4) college performance. In addition to who also
participated in the 2006 seminar, several new investigators will
participate, including four graduate students.
[Agenda]
COMING SOON:
Release of Public-Use Data Sets
Public Use Administrative Data (Base and Term files for 9 Public and
Private Texas Universities) expected to be released mid-summer.
FUNDING
Funding for THEOP
is provided by the Spencer Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the
Hewlett Foundation, the
Mellon Foundation, the National Science Foundation
and
Princeton University.
