Standing Our Ground: A Guidebook for STEM Educators in the Post-Michigan Era

Emerging from a think-tank sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Standing Our Ground: A Guidebook for STEM Educators in the Post-Michigan Era provides legal guidance on two Michigan rulings that affirmed the importance of a diverse learning environment, but struck down the use of race as a quantitative "plus factor" in undergraduate admissions decisions. This paper is intended to help guide university counsels in interpreting the Grutter and Gratz rulings, as well as provide some "design principles" to serve as a checklist for diversity efforts in STEM. Â