Case Study: Grutter V. Bollinger
Grutter v. Bollinger was also a case in which race was still used as an admission factor. This case involved the admission process to The University of Michigan's law school. Just as the University of Texas they used the hard data and soft data process to admit different students into their program. Race was used as a plus factor under the soft data category and the law school was seeking critical mass by becoming more diverse within its student population. Yet, the question was how did the university know the race of the person? As they did not have a so called race check box. They asked different questions such as where the students are from or what language was spoken within their homes. The court again said this was ok, as they school was