MICHAEL A. OLIVAS is the William B. Bates Distinguished Chair of Law at the University of Houston Law Center and director of the Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance at the University of Houston. In 2001, he was the recipient of the Esther Farfel Award, the University of Houston's most distinguished faculty recognition. He is the author or co-author of eight other books, including The Dilemma of Access (Howard University Press, 1979), Latino College Students (Teachers College Press, 1986), Prepaid College Tuition Programs (College Board, 1993) and The Law and Higher Education (Carolina Academic Press, 2006). He currently is serving a term as a member of the executive board of… the Association of American Law Schools and is a trustee of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF).