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Guinier calls Proposal 2 'temporary setback' to making education accessible to all.(NEWSWATCH)

Women in Higher Education

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Michigan voters' recent passage of Proposal 2 outlawing the use of race and gender in college admissions is a setback for those seeking Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream, but it's only temporary, according to Harvard legal professor and civil rights expert Lani Guinier.

That's what she told more than 1,000 students, faculty and staff celebrating MLK Day at Grand Valley State University. "The trouble and tribulation behind you are nothing compared to the power behind you," she told the crowd.

Guinier encouraged students to focus on the real goal of making ...

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