April 2, 1999
U. of Michigan Turns to Scholars to Bolster Its Defense of Affirmative Action
The University of Michigan is mounting an ambitious, research-based defense against two lawsuits that challenge its use of racial preferences in admissions.
The university intends to show, through reports and testimony by a high-powered set of social scientists, that the educational value of racial diversity justifies giving a slight edge to black and Hispanic applicants as a way of increasing their presence on the Ann Arbor campus,
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