March 6, 2007

Michigan Proposal 2 Battle Threatens Scholarships

A year ago, Frank Wu, Wayne State University Law School dean, began working with the school's admissions committee to analyze alternatives in case Proposal 2 passed. The law school has a dozen scholarships that donors have requested be race- or gender-specific, including scholarships for White ethnic groups. "There is still a Black/White gap. It's not imaginary, it's real," Wu says. He has created a new position, director of student services and educational outreach, to, among other duties; help administer scholarship programs in light of diversity constraints.

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