Regent Bernstein "Making our campus look like our state"

Colleges & Universities University of Michigan
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<p>"When I asked Brooke why it’s wrong for U-M to set a similar bar (she was denied admission with below the U-M averages of a 3.6 GPA and a 23 on the ACT) she said U-M needed to ‘represent the state. Blacks are about 14% of the population, so it should be 14% roughly.’</p>

<p>I pointed out that whites were 79% of Michigan’s population, but officially 57% of U-M’s, so should we adjust that up? ‘That’s ludicrous,’ she said, claiming it should only apply to minorities. I then noted U-M was 11% Asian American, but our state was only 2%. Should we adjust down?</p>

<p>‘I don’t understand what you’re asking,’ she said."</p>

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