Stanford will forgo Cal Grants to keep legacy admissions considerations in place despite California’s new statewide ban.

Stanford University will continue considering legacy status in admissions through fall 2026, despite California’s ban on ...

Trump’s critics and some allies question his silence on admissions policies that give applicants a boost because of their ...

Stanford University has confirmed its admissions policies for fall 2026 will continue considering legacy status, a decision that could influence access to one of Silicon Valley’s most important talent ...

With three weeks to go before California's ban on legacy and donor admissions takes effect at private universities that ...

Claremont McKenna College is one of the California private colleges that used legacy admissions in 2022 that will be affected by a new state law that will ban the practice that Gov. Gavin Newsom ...

Ending legacy admissions may be defensible in the service of equity, but it’s neither necessary nor sufficient to increase lower-income students’ access to higher education.

According to the university’s student newspaper, the Daily Trojan, 14% of USC’s 2023-24 applicants had legacy backgrounds, though the number of legacy admissions has not been released yet.

Ending legacy preferences in college admissions also has some bipartisan support in Congress. “There’s a strong consensus from every political point of view," Stemler says.

Cornell’s Legacy Admissions Process Sparks Debate Following Removal of Affirmative Action By Anushka Shorewala Oct 19, 2023 7:02 pm · Updated Oct 20, 2023 12:12 am Reading time: about 8 minutes ...

The topic of legacy admissions is particularly relevant at Penn, where 16 percent of undergraduate students are considered legacy students. In 2017, The New York Times published an interactive data ...