What is the Gilmer-Aikin law of 1949 about? What is House Bill 72?
What is the Southwest Border Initiative?
Which bill instituted tuition deregulation? List the alternatives available to rising tuition costs at institutions of higher education?
Which items were included in the 1984 landmark education legislation known as House Bill 72 that was spearheaded by Ross Perot?
The most controversial provisions in House Bill 72, the 1984 education reform law, were ________.
What was the central issue in Edgewood v. Kirby?
What were some solutions to the rising cost of tuition?
The United States Supreme Court, in a 2003 ruling on a case involving the University of Michigan, effectively overturned Hopwood v. Texas by holding that ________. What was the name of the court case?
The case of Ruiz v. Estelle dealt with what issues?
What are the three reasons for why Texas has high rate of death penalty cases?
Texas jails and penitentiaries have several functions. Identify them.
Identify the several factors used to determine who votes. (Make sure you know the one particular model used by political scientists and pollsters).
Identify the many reasons why Texas has low voter turnout.
When it comes to political participation Verba & Nie identified six types of participants. Be able to list and define them.