In response to the Hopwood ruling and potential declines in minority students in Texas universities, the state legislature __________.

A. required all state universities to make sure that at least 10 percent of their admitted students each year were from underrepresented groups
B. threatened to withhold state funding to any university that did not develop targeted recruitment and retention plans
C. enacted a new law that guaranteed automatic admission to state universities for the top 10 percent of high school graduates
D. decided to privatize state universities and provide direct financial assistance to minority students to attend


Answer: C

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