<p>There are facts and there are facts. The fact is that the Center for Equal Opportunity analysis was conducted on a very incomplete sample. And the fact is that U-M frontloaded application recruitment, completion, and processing before December 22nd, 2006. This is not “sugarcoating.”</p>
<p>Yes, affirmative action made it relatively easier for some minority candidates to get in than their peers with a similar profile. However, the numbers you’re sharing come with pretty big caveats, and I know what those caveats are and am sharing them with the readers here.</p>
<p>I’m having trouble getting to both those links. I am correct that it’s the CEO analysis the first is based upon? That’s the only group I know that has done that particular analysis with those conclusions.</p>