November 16, 2007

U. of Michigan Softens Impact of Preference Ban

By PETER SCHMIDT

The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor said it had managed to avoid a steep decline in the number of black, Hispanic, and Native American students in this fall's entering freshman class, the first to be admitted after Michiganders voted a year ago to amend their state's Constitution to prohibit public higher-education institutions from considering applicants' race or ethnicity.

Officials at the university cautioned, however, that much of this fall's class was admitted before its

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