October 27, 2006

U. of Michigan Is Accused of Continued Discrimination in Admissions

By PETER SCHMIDT

The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor has increased how much consideration it gives to the race and ethnicity of undergraduate applicants since 2003, when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the race-conscious admissions policy previously used by its chief undergraduate program, a Virginia-based advocacy group alleged in a report released last week.

The Center for Equal Opportunity, a group that opposes race-conscious admissions, issued two other reports saying that the university's

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