Michigan voters say 'no' to affirmative action.AS THE PUNDITS CONTINUE TO ANALYZE what the post-election results mean for education, one outcome clearly has a direct impact. Michigan voters passed Proposal 2, a ballot issue that would ban affirmative action affirmative action, in the United States, programs to overcome the effects of past societal discrimination by allocating jobs and resources to members of specific groups, such as minorities and women. . The proposal, which was passed by a margin of 58 percent to 42 percent, culminates three years of contentious debate in the state after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2003 that the University of Michigan's law school could consider race a factor in admissions. (The court ruled, though, that the undergraduate admissions practices had to be altered when regarding race.) Ward Connerly Wardell Connerly (born June 15, 1939) is a political activist, businessman, and former University of California Regent. He is also the founder and the chairman of the American Civil Rights Institute, a national non-profit organization in opposition to racial and gender preferences. , a former regent at the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). , spurred on the fight against affirmative action in Michigan, as he has done in the states of California and Washington. Proposal 2 says that race and gender cannot be considered factors in admissions practices. Jennifer Gratz, who led the recent ballot drive in Michigan, was dearly pleased with the outcome. She is one of the two women taw students who sued the University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. after her application was declined in 1997. UMich President Mary Sue Coleman Mary Sue Coleman (born October 2, 1943 in Kentucky) is the current president of the University of Michigan, having served since 2002. Coleman previously was president of the University of Iowa. retorted two days after the November 7 erections that the university will legally challenge the outcome of the elections. "I am deeply disappointed that the voters of our state have rejected affirmative action.... We will not be deterred in the art-important work of creating a diverse, welcoming campus."--J.M.A. |
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