On November 7, 2006, 58 percent of Michigan voters chose to bar the state from granting preferences to or discriminating against individuals or groups in government employment, contracting, and education.
Western Michigan University (WMU) has gotten the message. The school’s Incentive Scholarship Program was once Hispanic-only; now it’s open to all students, regardless of race.
Now, that didn’t hurt, did it?
“The university chose nine Michigan school districts and one intermediate school district, based on their percentages of free and reduced-price lunches, to participate and allowed schools to choose the students based on criteria set by WMU. The schools must also name a representative, who can be a teacher or counselor, to monitor and work with the student.
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“[T]he use of the free and reduced-lunch standard allows WMU to continue one of the program’s original purposes: to help under-represented populations and those who might be unable to pay for college.”
WMU found a race-neutral way to target certain racial minority students, without explicitly targeting racial minority students, and students of other races may benefit.
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