Grand Valley State University's honors college has for decades favored racial minorities for scholarships and admissions.
Matt Lamb, Associate Editor of The College Fix, reports the university has stonewalled repeated requests for information and interviews.
"Affirmative Action is not only illegal under federal law, even before the 2023 Supreme Court decision, it was illegal, but it has definitely been illegal since 2006 in Michigan when they passed something called Prop 2," Lamb says.
Otherwise known as Proposition 06-2, the law is an affirmative action ban from any form of government and public schools in Michigan. No preferential treatment on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin is to take place in the workings of public institutions.
Adam Kissel of the Heritage Foundation favors an investigation because uncovered emails show the school's blatant and illegal discrimination.
One example of Affirmative Action is an email by the director of the Frederick Meijer Honors College, Professor Roger Gilles, regarding limited scholarships.
““With the cooperation of Jodi in Admissions and Michelle in Financial Aid, we’ve tried hard to give most of the limited number of Honors-specific scholarship(s)we award to students of color,” read the email from Gilles.
Lamb agrees that an investigation should take place.
"It's imperative the Trump administration takes swift action to look into this, to see how far back it's gone, and to send a strong message to other colleges: that this will be prosecuted,” Lamb states.
Michigan Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt says the university is closely being monitored to ensure compliance with federal law.
