Necessary but Not Sufficient: The Impact of Grutter v. Bollinger on Student of Color Enrollment in Graduate and Professional Schools in Texas

I implement a difference-in-differences analytic strategy to examine the impact of Grutter v. Bollinger (2003) on student of color enrollment in Texas graduate schools. Findings indicate that a permissive policy like Grutter can only set the stage for more targeted practices to increase student of color representation in graduate studies.