Group files complaint against University of Texas over race-based admissions

“A legal group that fights against racial preferences in schools and workplaces has filed a complaint with the U.S. Education Department about the University of Texas at Austins use of race in its undergraduate admissions process.

The complaint filed Friday by the Washington-based Project on Fair Representation accuses the university of violating a law that bars discrimination by government agencies that receive federal funds.

About 70 percent of UT-Austin freshmen from Texas are automatically accepted under a state law that guarantees top students a spot at the public university of their choice. The rest of the class is selected through a holistic review process that considers many factors, including the applicants race.”

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