April 30, 2004

Achieving Diversity With Michigan in Mind

By GASTON CAPERTON

When the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decisions in the University of Michigan affirmative-action cases 10 months ago, it reaffirmed one of my bedrock beliefs, that the benefits of diversity are real, substantial, and worth pursuing vigorously. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor put it eloquently: "In order to cultivate a set of leaders with legitimacy in the eyes of the citizenry, it is necessary that the path to leadership be visibly open to talented and qualified individuals of every race and

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