Princeton University will continue using a “legacy preference” for applicants when making decisions on undergraduate admissions. The children of alumni who have applied to Princeton have received a ...

The University of Virginia is the latest school in the U.S. to change its legacy admissions policies since a civil rights group's federal complaint challenging the process was filed days after the ...

The University invited students to voice their opinions on legacy admissions in a Zoom forum Tuesday evening. All eight students who spoke at the forum expressed opposition to legacy admissions, ...

Wesleyan University in Connecticut announced Wednesday that it has become the latest school to end its policy of giving preferential treatment in admissions to those whose families have historical ...

The Associated Students of Stanford University (ASSU) and other student organizations are pushing the University to end legacy admissions preferences, while the California State Assembly considers a ...

In our current system, children of college graduates already have a sizable advantage. But removing legacy and donor preferences is only the first step. Legacy admissions are, once again, in the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. As the CEO of Command Education, I write about emotionally intelligent leadership and education. Legacy admission is continuing to ...

I n the late 1990s, I served as dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto. As Canada’s most selective law school, the competition for admission was fierce. Applicants were always in ...

WASHINGTON — A civil rights group is challenging legacy admissions at Harvard University, saying the practice discriminates against students of color by giving an unfair boost to the mostly white ...

With the Supreme Court’s decision to ban race-conscious admissions, the pressure is on selective colleges to end preferences for children of alumni. By Vimal Patel Wesleyan University, a liberal arts ...