The defendant in the case, the University of Texas (UT), came up with an innovative two-step plan to increase minority enrollment.

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The University of Texas (UT) System is joining the edX online platform project set up by Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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Courtesy of Joe Jamail Amongs Joe (R) and Lee Jamail's charitable works are donations to UT, Rice, Texas Southern, the city of Houston and medical research.

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He received a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Texas in 1969 and an MBA from UT four years later.

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