Michigan Universities Seek Delay on Prop 2

Inside Higher Ed: hree Michigan universities are seeking a federal court order to allow them to complete the current cycle for admissions decisions without having to change their policies to comply with Proposition 2, a measure approved by Michigan voters last month to bar the consideration of race and ethnicity in admissions decisions. “It would be extremely difficult, and unfair to prospective students, to change our admissions and financial aid processes in mid-stream,” said Mary Sue Coleman, president of the University of Michigan, in a statement. Michigan State University and Wayne State University also joined in seeking the legal ruling. A lawyer for the Pacific Legal Foundation, which has pledged to oppose moves to water down Proposition 2, said that the group would “most likely” challenge the universities’ request.

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