The University of Michigan, who went to the Supreme Court to defend the use of race and gender in admissions in 2003, just announced they have changed their admissions rules to be in compliance with a new state law banning affirmative action. The University of Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman, says she remains committed to diversity. There are ongoing judicial challenges to Proposal 2, the ban on affirmative action that Michigan voters passed in November.

According to the report on NPR,

On campus, there is still anger and disappointment that voters overwhelmingly chose to drop the university’s vaunted affirmative action program. For many opponents of Proposal 2, it’s simply not possible to maintain a diverse student population without affirmative action. Several groups are challenging the consitutionality of the law. On campus, many students say that they have accepted the end of affirmative action in admissions. And those involved in recruiting say that they will simply have to redouble their outreach efforts.

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