Showing posts with label college legacy admissions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label college legacy admissions. Show all posts

Friday, July 21, 2023

Support for legacy admissions is rooted in racial hierarchy

  Not long after the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2023 decision to ban the use of race in college admissions, people began to ask questions once again about the fairness of legacy admissions.

  Legacy admission is a practice in which colleges give a preference to the children of graduates when deciding which students to let in.