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AUSTIN, Texas — Starting this fall, students applying to the University of Texas at Austin will need to include their standardized testing scores. The change comes four years after UT removed ...

Faced with record numbers of undergraduate applicants, the University of Texas at Austin has opted to curb its growth by limiting automatic admissions to students in the top 5% of their high school's ...

Higher education in the United States ― and in Texas ― is not the same as it was last year. This summer, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned affirmative action ― or race-conscious admissions ― policies, ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The University of Texas at Austin reached record enrollment and application numbers for the fall semester. UT said more than 66,000 students submitted applications for this fall, which ...

Students walk through the University of Texas campus. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that colleges can no longer consider race in admissions. Credit: Texas Tribune / Leila Saidane The U.S.

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