The Grand Rapids Press published an article today that cites recent numbers from Grand Valley State University (GVSU) to show that freshman enrollment by students of color is down by 30%. The article cites various officials at GVSU–West Michigan’s largest four-year college–who charge that the decline is due to the 2006 passage of the anti-affirmative action ballot proposal known as Proposal 2. Under Proposal 2–which bans the used of racial preferences in admissions–GVSU had to eliminate its Bret Price Awards scholarships that gave four-year full-tuition scholarships to students of color who met strict academic requirements. According to the article, this year recruiters are able to offer only $3,000 a year to students coming from certain urban schools and are unable to directly target students of color for recruitment.
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This actually was first reported by the Grand Valley Lanthorn, the student newspaper at GVSU. I’ve heard a lot of people talking about it on campus, hopefully things will change.
http://www.lanthorn.com/6-Minorities