Talk:Ten percent plan

TX Ten percent plan
After they did the oath, they got Amnesty. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.234.25.72 (talk) 22:49, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

I'm fairly certain that a guarentee from a college would have very little to do with a plan introduced by President Lincoln for states to re-enter the Union.

V gamer 16 01:41, 12 January 2007 (UTC)


 * You're right; they are not at all related.--Parkwells (talk) 23:26, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Wasn't there also a TX ten percent plan as a way around the affirmative action rulings? From what I remember, and perhaps it is still in action, TX would automatically guarantee you a spot in the University of Texas at Austin if you were in the top 10% of your high school. The idea was that minorities would be better represented in the university.

Aaa36 07:01, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure what it's called, but there is some sort of guarantee that lets the top 10% of the graduating class get into UT. They still have to pay full price (unless they received a scholarship) and can, of course, be kicked out later on for various reasons, but they cannot be turned down if they want to enroll. I'm by no means an expert on this, so you might want to check out UT's website and policies for further information. I also think that UT's 10% has nothing to do with Lincoln's 10% plan. --70.113.79.34 20:40, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

some of this was copied directly from bailey, kennedy and cohen's The American Pageant... 69.37.77.103 01:32, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

There is no mention of whether the plan was implemented. The article on wade-davis says that it wasn't due to Lincoln's assassination, but no reference is cited there, so I won't just copy that over here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.23.215.26 (talk) 02:23, 5 March 2009 (UTC)