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...vote in Gratz v. Bollinger, the justices overturned the admissions policy of the University of Michigan’s undergraduate College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA). That policy automatically granted underrepresented minorities 20 points out of the 100 necessary for admission...
...Gratz, though, the Court held that Michigan’s undergraduate point-based policy rewarded race to the exclusion of any nuanced consideration. “Clearly, [the undergraduate] system does not offer applicants the individualized selection process described in Harvard’s example,” wrote Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist for the majority...
Though they hailed the day as an overall success, some professors and officials at Harvard said the Gratz ruling placed unnecessary restrictions on affirmative action programs—though Summers said it would have no effect on Harvard’s non-point-based system...
Even though the Court mandated more than a principle, Michigan officials said they were sure they would find a solution to the practical problem of policy posed by Gratz...
...said he thought Gratz will be only a temporary stumbling block to affirmative action at large state schools like Michigan, and that the school will find an alternative in time for next fall’s applicant pool—though the task will be “costly and difficult...