The University of Michigan’s president vows to fight MCRI, according a new dispatch from the Michigan Review:

At a noon press conference in the center of campus, President Mary Sue Coleman rallied hundreds of students, after railing against the passage of Proposition 2 last night. (The full text of the speech can be read here.) The press conference, which was announced on Monday regardless of the election outcome, allowed Coleman to reaffirm the University’s commitment to diversity, going so far as to mention the word twenty times in twenty minutes, and repeating a mantra of, “We are Michigan, and we are diversity” three times. She chided the MCRI and Michigan voters, promising, “I will not allow the University to go down the path to mediocrity.”
Coleman made clear several things about the University’s reaction to the MCRI. First, the University is preparing for wide-ranging legal challenges to the legality of the MCRI, especially as it applies to higher education. The University will file suit to stay the effect of Prop 2 until the end of this admissions cycle, ensuring that all students will be considered under the same standard. But Coleman continued, saying there are “serious questions as to whether this initiative [the MCRI] is lawful.” Coleman declined comment when asked what this means. University General Counsel Marvin Krislov only said, “We’re looking at lots of options,” when asked what possible legal challenges the University is readying.
The press conference also made clear that the University as an institution is shifting its focus, even more than previously, towards affirmative action. Coleman acknowledged as much, imploring students and faculty to bring their full focus toward supporting affirmative action.
President Coleman did say that the University would “comply with the laws of the state,” presumably alluding to some degree of deference towards the passage of the MCRI. But at the same time, the University will be directing its full resources towards fighting the MCRI.

Read more from the Michigan Review here.