<p>I don’t think so Vladenschlutte, I personally think the percentage would go down… Even if you include Detroit, Flint, Saginaw, Pontiac city high schools and on the west side Benton Harbor, Muskegon, Muskegon Heights, and perhaps one or two others, Lansing comes to mind, maybe Kalamazoo, there are at least 900 other high schools in Michigan if not more. The top 10% or 7% or whatever per cent plan will not work in Michigan the way advocates of greater percentages of black students wish it would exactly because the black population is concentrated in a few school districts. For instance at my kids district there is 1% black, 1% Asian, 1% Hispanic and that is not highly unusual…in Michigan in general there are more Hispanics than Asians and the state as a whole is 80% white. For the 7% rule to work the black population would need to be spread throughout the state districts with massive migration throughout the state occurring and that isn’t going to happen. </p>
<p>Two of the fastest growing counties in the state have very low levels of black students - Grand Traverse at less than 1% and Ottawa at 1.7% and both those counties have significantly higher numbers of Hispanics than blacks and even less Asians. Kent county with the second largest city in Michigan runs at about 8% black population. Quota percentages will not increase the number of black students at UofM from the state and only in-state students get need met.</p>