Mary Sue Coleman: Michigan will 'wait and see' how affirmative action fares in federal courts before changing policy

AnnArbor.com

By Kellie Woodhouse Higher education reporter

Posted on Tue, Nov 27, 2012 : 5:57 a.m.

 

University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman said Monday that the institution would take a "wait and see attitude" on affirmative action.

Mary Sue Coleman

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Coleman's statement comes less than two weeks after a federal appellate court, in an 8-7 vote, struck down a voter-approved 2006 constitutional amendment that banned affirmative action practices by Michigan's 15 public colleges.

 

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