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Lawsuit targets 'U': LSA admissions under fire
The law firm that won the precedent-setting Hopwood affirmative action case in Texas filed a class-action lawsuit yesterday against the University's undergraduate admissions policies.
The lawsuit was filed against the University's College of Literature, Science and Arts, University President Lee Bollinger and former President James Duderstadt.
Suit leaves students undecided
As news of the class-action lawsuit challenging University admissions policies spread across campus, students expressed contrasting emotions, ranging from sighs of relief to chants of anger.
Nearly 20 members of the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action By Any Means Necessary displayed their stance against the lawsuit by gathering on the steps of the Michigan Union yesterday to protest.
Assembly to fund affirmitive-action series
The Michigan Student Assembly joined the debate on affirmative action at the University last night without taking a stand for either side.
The assembly allocated $1,200 to sponsor an "objective" lecture series on affirmative action. The goal of the symposium is to present the issues of affirmative action to help students form their own opinions on the policy and the lawsuit filed yesterday against the University.
Race one of many factors in admissions: Admissions officials say diverse student body has always been a priority
While a lawsuit by the Center for Individual Rights contends that the University's admission programs blatantly discriminate by race, some University officials claim race is only one of many factors in the admissions process.
CIR filed a class action lawsuit yesterday against the College of Literature, Science and Arts, University President Lee Bollinger, and former University President James Duderstadt, claiming that the University's preference toward minorities in admissions violates both the 14th Amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
'U' deans, faculty stand behind admissions policy
University deans and faculty stood behind admissions procedures yesterday, stressing the importance of maintaining a diverse student body in the face of a newly filed class-action lawsuit.
The lawsuit, which seeks to terminate the use of race-based admissions preferences, targets the College of Literature, Science and Arts, to which the two plaintiffs were denied admission.
Lawsuit challenges diversity goals, Mandate's methods
When former University President James Duderstadt announced the Michigan Mandate on Sept. 20, 1987, he described it as a "strategic plan to create a multicultural university in the future."
The lawsuit filed yesterday by the Center for Individual Rights challenges the Mandate's methods for admitting and retaining minority students.
Hopwood case hurts diversity, causes tension at U of Texas
If the plaintiffs in the class-action lawsuit now challenging the University's admissions processes are successful, the campus could come to look a lot like the University of Texas, which lost a similar case one year ago.
Since the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Hopwood vs. The University of Texas in March 1996, the university has been marked with great emotion and growing social rifts.
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