In terms of admissions, the program was based on what is called the Texas Index (TI), which is compiled from the students grade point average and test results on the Graduate Record Exam. If a student's TI fell in the top range, admission was automatic. If it was just below that range, the applications followed separate paths. All applications from African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans -- and some from whites as well -- were reviewed by an academic committee, which looked at letters of recommendation, student essays and other materials.
All that meant, Brown says, is that where minority students were concerned, the admissions committee was obligated to "take a second I look." "These are methods of admission that were used for 40 years," Brown says.
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