Legacy College Admissions Come Under Fire In New Report

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October 30, 2022

From Forbes

By Michael T. Nietzel

October 30, 2022

Legacy admissions – the practice of a college giving preferential admissions treatment to the children of its alumni – is facing intense criticism in a new report that documents the extent of the practice and also calls for legislation and other policies that would curtail or even end it.

The new report, prepared by Education Reform Now (ERN), with financial support from the Kresge Foundation, is part of ERN’s The Future of Fair Admissions series, written with regard to the Supreme Court’s hearing on Monday of two cases challenging the legality of race-conscious admission policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina.

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