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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Race Soc Probl. 2012 Apr;4(1):57–67. doi: 10.1007/s12552-012-9065-7

Table 2.

Estimated Additional Hispanic Applicants under Two Behavioral Scenarios

If Hispanics’ Application Rates Remained at Affirmative Action Level a
 If Hispanics had Whites’ Application Rates for Each Policy Regime b
Policy (Years) UT-Austin TAMU UT-Austin TAMU
Affirm. Act. Annual Avg. --- --- 1,525 2,668
No Policy (1997) 380 221 1,702 2,948
Top 10% Annual Avg. 243 691 2,604 4,683

Note: Data for TAMU extend only to 2002. .

a

The following formula was employed for each cell: Additional Applications = (HispGrads * HAppRtAA – HispApps), where HispGrads are the total number of Hispanic high school graduates during the given policy period, HAppRtAA is the Hispanic application rate during Affirmative Action, and HispApps are the total number of Hispanic applicants from Texas high schools during the same policy period. Numbers were calculated from Texas Education Agency data.

b

The following formula was employed for each cell: Additional Applications = (HispGrads * WhtAppR – HispApps), where WhtAppR is the white application rate during the given policy period.