U-M minority applications down 21 percent: "Minority applications are down 21 percent, including a 25 percent drop among African Americans and a 13 percent drop among Hispanic applicants. Native American applications dropped 8 percent.
The decline may be due in part to a misunderstanding among some minorities about the U.S. Supreme Court decision last year, according to U-M admissions director Ted Spencer.
Although the court struck down the undergraduate point system, which awarded extra points to minorities, it upheld the use of race in admissions to further campus diversity."