Short-Term Reprieve for Affirmative Action

by E Wayne Ross on December 20, 2006

Inside Higher Ed: Short-Term Reprieve for Affirmative Action

Three Michigan universities on Tuesday won the right to keep their current admissions and financial aid policies — the affirmative action portions of which could have been illegal in the state by the end of the week — until July 1. But long term, the ability of colleges to challenge the ban on affirmative action remained uncertain, with some advocates saying that the day’s developments strengthened efforts to do so, and others saying just the opposite.