New Admissions System at U. of Michigan to Seek Diversity Through Essays

By PETER SCHMIDT

The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor announced last week that it had devised a new, essay-driven undergraduate-admissions process to replace the point-based system that the U.S. Supreme Court struck down in a key affirmative-action ruling in June.

University officials said that the new admissions policy would maintain...

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