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Direct linkGarces, Liliana M. – Educational Policy, 2013
During its 2013-2014 term, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider the constitutionality of Proposal 2, a ballot measure that amended Michigan's state constitution to ban the consideration of race in admissions at public postsecondary institutions. This article outlines the legal questions that have emerged in the case--Schuette v. Coalition to…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Court Litigation, State Legislation, College Admission
Garces, Liliana M.; Cogburn, Courtney D. – American Educational Research Journal, 2015
Guided by a bottom-up policy implementation framework, this study draws from semi-structured interviews of 14 campus-level administrators charged with implementing diversity policy at the University of Michigan to investigate how an affirmative action ban (Proposal 2) influenced their efforts in support of racial/ethnic diversity at the…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Administrators, College Admission, Affirmative Action
Schmidt, Peter – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
The author reports on the ruling of a divided appellate court that held that the state law unconstitutionally made it harder for minorities to seek preferences than for other groups. The court struck down a voter-passed ban on the use of race-conscious admissions by Michigan's public colleges, holding that the measure had unconstitutionally put…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Federal Courts, Constitutional Law, State Legislation
Saenz, Lauren P.; Moses, Michele S. – American Journal of Education, 2010
This article offers a qualitative content analysis of the print news media coverage of Proposal 2, an anti-affirmative action ballot initiative that passed on November 7, 2006. Our purpose was to determine what type of information on the initiative and affirmative action was available to the public. Results indicate that little substantive…
Descriptors: Democracy, Affirmative Action, News Reporting, Content Analysis
Stuart, Reginald – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2011
It has been almost five years since Michigan voters chose to ban race-conscious programs from state-funded institutions. The impact of the decision was swift and painful for many, particularly in the state's public higher education landscape. Minority enrollment in public colleges--which was already low--plummeted in many categories as…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Civil Rights, Public Colleges, Scholarships
Cohen, Carl – Academic Questions, 2008
Professor Cohen describes the arduous path to the passage of Proposition 2 in Michigan in 2006. In considering the reasons for its victory, he shows how claims (sometimes well-intended) "for" preferences rest on truly bad arguments. (Contains 8 footnotes.)
Descriptors: State Legislation, Court Litigation, Selective Admission, Affirmative Action
Pell, Terence J. – Academic Questions, 2007
The idea that lawsuits can move a public as well as a legal agenda is not new. In recent years, conservatives have brought high profile lawsuits designed both to vindicate the rights of an individual plaintiff and to educate the public about an important issue. For example, lawsuits filed nearly 10 years ago against the University of Michigan's…
Descriptors: Race, Civil Rights, Affirmative Action, Court Litigation
Download full textPalmer, Scott; Richards, Femi; Winnick, Steve – Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity, 2006
The importance of diversity and inclusion to higher education was the focus of intense legal and social scientific analysis in the decisions of the United States Supreme Court concerning affirmative action at the University of Michigan. The leadership of higher education and several other sectors of society offered overwhelming support, and a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Evidence, Affirmative Action, Race
