Defending Diversity: Affirmative Action at the University of Michigan

!!!lfeJending Diversity

Affirmative Action at the PATRICIA GuRIN, jEFFREY S. LEHMAN, AND EARL LEWIS with Eric L. Dey, Gerald Gurin, and Sylvia Hurtado

University ofMichigan Introduction by Nancy Cantor Afterword by Mary Sue Coleman

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Contents Introduction

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Nancy Cantor Why History Remains a Factor in the Search for Racial Equality

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Earl Lewis The Evolving Language of Diversity and Integration in Discussions of Affirmative Action from Bakke to Grutter

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Jeffrey S. Lehman The Educational Value of Diversity

Patricia Gurin

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Mary Sue Coleman Notes

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Contributors Index

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