Texas: Complaint alleges UT violates federal law by considering race in admissions.

by E Wayne Ross on July 24, 2007

Austin American-Statesman: Complaint alleges UT violates federal law by considering race in admissions.

A Washington-based watchdog group led by a University of Texas graduate filed a complaint Friday with the U.S. Department of Education about UT’s use of race in its admission decisions.

UT violates the law when it uses race to decide which freshmen to admit, said Edward Blum, the director of the Project on Fair Representation, a legal group that fights racial preference in schools and workplaces.