As Justices Weigh Affirmative Action, Michigan Offers an Alternative

By Anemona Hartocollis, The New York Times

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Kedra Ishop got results.

A year after Dr. Ishop began her new job here as enrollment manager at the University of Michigan — responsible for shaping the makeup of incoming classes — the university increased the number of minority students in the 2015 freshman class by almost 20 percent, to the highest percentage since 2005.

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