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The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor is a coeducational public research university in the state of Michigan. The university was founded in 1817 in Detroit, about 20 years before the territory of Michigan officially became a state, and moved to Ann Arbor in 1837. Today, it is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus; there are two satellite campuses ? the University of Michigan-Flint and the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
NAICS Code Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools: 611310
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Will America ever right all that is wrong in its history?
- 2005-11-08
Ranville, Michael, Eaton, Gregory Michigan Chronicle 11-08-2005 In 1997, two White women, Barbara Grutter and Jennifer Gratz, filed suit against the University of Michigan, charging that race was used as a factor in their being denied admission to the prestigious institution. The suit, which became a cause celebre, was argued...
Will America ever right all that is wrong in its history?
- 2005-11-08
Ranville, Michael, Eaton, Gregory Michigan Chronicle 11-08-2005 In 1997, two White women, Barbara Grutter and Jennifer Gratz, filed suit against the University of Michigan, charging that race was used as a factor in their being denied admission to the prestigious institution. The...
'Educate, don't segregate': twenty legal and legislative milestones in higher education
- 2004-06-17
This timeline reflects some of the most significant legal and legislative milestones that have influenced higher education almost as long as Black Issues In Higher Education has been in print. The ongoing legal battles have primarily involved the further desegregation of schools and the use of race and gender in...
Race-Conscious Admissions Programs: Where Do Universities Go From Gratz and Grutter?
- 2004-01-01
I. INTRODUCTIONTwenty-five years after Bakke and amid much uncertainty, the U.S. Supreme Court once again revisited the topic of race-conscious admissions.1 On April 1, 2003, the Court heard oral arguments in two cases challenging the constitutionality of affirmative action programs at the University of Michigan. On june 23, 2003, in...
Legal Issues in Developmental Education: Affirmative Action, Race, and Critical Mass
- 2003-10-01
On June 23, 2003, the United States Supreme Court decided that colleges and universities could consider an applicant's race and ethnicity, along with other factors, to ensure a diverse student body (Grutter v. Bollinger). Their decision was unequivocal on that point. In reviewing the University of Michigan's admissions policies, the...
Affirmative action affirmed-so what now?
- 2003-09-01
On June 27, while Shirley Jackson, President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the first African-American woman to lead a national research university, was delivering her keynote address at the ASEE annual meeting, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision on the two University of Michigan affirmative action cases. These landmark...
Higher Education's 'Iron Law of Admissions'
- 2003-06-27
00-00-0000 All the talk surrounding this week's Supreme Court ruling upholding affirmative action at the University of Michigan's law school has ignored one fact of higher education: White students with low grades also get in. The focus on racial preferences usually obscures the...
Supreme Court Upholds Use of Affirmative Action by Universities.
- 2003-06-24
By Ann McFeatters, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 24--WASHINGTON -- In a pair of landmark decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday upheld the principle of affirmative action in university admissions but forbade the use of racial or ethnic quotas. ...
Supreme Court Race Ruling Considered 'Victory' for Companies.
- 2003-06-24
By William Glanz, The Washington Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 24--The U.S. Supreme Court's decision yesterday allowing colleges and universities to consider race in admissions is a triumph for businesses, corporate leaders said. "It's an incredible victory," said...
Virginia Colleges Say It's Too Early to Gauge Impact of Ruling on Admissions.
- 2003-06-24
By Brian Whitson, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 24--Kimberly Grant agrees that diversity is important on America's college campuses. However, the local college student says she doesn't agree with the University of Michigan admissions...
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