View crucial documents that were considered by the
summer 2003 Task Force on Admissions,
appointed by
Texas A&M President Robert Gates.
The following documents in pdf format
(5.0 or higher)
have been added to the Downloads section at the Texas
Civil Rights Review.
Please go to Downloads, then to
“A&M Task Force
Documents:
https://texascivilrightsreview.org/phpnuke
*****Aug. 6 Agenda
“Lite”
Description: Six pages of the Aug. 6 agenda (excluding
the sample copy of the
“Texas Common Application”.)
*****Aug. 6 Task Force Agenda
Description: Agenda
for Aug. 6 meeting of the 2003
Task Force on Admissions at Texas A&M, discusses
options,
including the one eventually adopted by the
TaskForce, favoring affirmative action in
admissions.
*****Confidential Laycock Analysis
Description: On July 1, 2003,
Univ. of Texas Law
Professor Douglas Laycock issued this 7-page analysis
of the Supreme Court
opinions in Grutter and Gratz. It
is marked “Confidential” as legal advice, but was
divulged by
Texas A&M in response to an open records request.
*****July 18 memo from Gates
Description: 2-page memo from Texas A&M Univ.
President Robert Gates, inviting participation in
the
2003 Task Force on Admissions.
*****Nixon Peabody Analysis
Description: In
June of 2003, the law firm of Nixon
Peabody issued this 7-page analysis of the Supreme
Court
opinions in Grutter and Gratz. This document was divulged by Texas A&M in response to an Open Records
request that asked for materials considered by the 2003 Task Force on Admissions.
The
final report of the Task Force is posted at “Open
Records” under COLLECTION
B.
