Today the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, and Wayne State University joined together to file a legal motion seeking a temporary injunction against Proposal 2. The three universities are asking that implementation be delayed on a short-term basis to allow for the universities to complete this year's admissions and financial aid applications using the same standards that were in place before the passage of Proposal 2. The motion was filed in response to a lawsuit filed by the pro-affirmative action group By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) that is seeking to have Proposal 2 thrown out for its preemption of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th amendment. In a statement released today, University of Michigan President Julie Peterson stated that the university is unclear what the passage of Proposal 2 "means for our core operations" and that Governor Jennifer Granholm's ordering the Michigan Civil Rights Commission to prepare a report on the potential impact of Proposal 2 for February and the likelihood that Proposal 2 will be resolved in courts provided further pretext for granting a temporary injunction.

In the Grand Rapids area, Grand Valley State University (GVSU) has pledged to continue to "operate its programs as we presently do until or unless the legal process or our legal review dictates otherwise." According to an email sent to the student body by university president Thomas J. Haas last week, the university is monitoring the status of legal actions designed to prevent implementation of Proposal 2 and has started a process of undergoing a legal review of university programs and operations. Hass further stated that the university "does not and has not" used "race, gender, color, ethnicity or national origin" in its admissions process.