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Reports that students rallied to support affirmative-action programs at various universities in 1998. Low turnout for the event titled `National Days of Action to Defend Affirmative Action'; Largest rally held at the University of California at Berkeley; Comments from Bob Jensen, professor at the University of Texas at Austin.

Offers news briefs having to do with higher education. How the University of California Board of Regents was accused of violating the state's open-meeting law in deciding to restrict affirmative action; How the Texas Legislature has approved a constitutional amendment that could increase the funds that the University of Texas receives; How teacher-education students get higher scores on the Praxis II test for teacher licensure than do people who have never enrolled in a teacher-training program; Others.