Massachusetts Bill is seeking to charge fees for legacy admissions. It would be a small start, but a start nonetheless.

#legacyadmissions

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H3760/BillHistory

https://nbcwashington.app.link/hYZkqoD8UBb #virginia #affirmativeaction #vatech #legacyadmissions #vapol #va

Fat cats thrive at Universities with Legacy Admissions
https://thedemlabs.org/2023/07/31/legacy-admissions-is-affirmative-action-for-the-rich/
#LegacyAdmissions #EndLegacyAdmissions

Eliminating legacy and donor-based admissions won't be enough to maintain diversity at colleges after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona told Axios in an interview this weekend .

https://www.axios.com/2023/07/30/legacy-admissions-affirmative-action-cardona

#mapoli #legacyadmissions #harvard #affirmativeaction

#US Department of #Education opens #civilrights investigation into #Harvard’s #legacyadmissions policy
https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/07/25/harvard-legacy-and-donor-preferences-under-federal-civil-rights-investigation/
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07/24/upshot/ivy-league-elite-college-admissions.html

Is #AffirmativeAction Unfair? Are #LegacyAdmissions?
These may wrong the very individuals who are given these preferences, set not to help those students, but rather the school or the country. If a student is a worse candidate for admission on standard measures than other admits, they may have a greater struggle to make it through school. Historically, the poor kid, the woman, the racially, ethnically or religiously foreign student had to be exemplary candidates; now they may need extra support.

@nbcnews Now would be a good time to just discontinue this stupid practice. #legacyadmissions must go

Children, relatives of alumni no longer have admissions edge at Carnegie Mellon, Pitt | TribLIVE.com #highereducation #legacy #legacyadmissions

https://triblive.com/news/children-relatives-of-alumni-no-longer-have-admissions-edge-at-carnegie-mellon-pitt/

This country is quite shitty but seeing some schools getting rid of legacy admissions does make me smile.

#legacyAdmissions

"Wesleyan University, a liberal arts college in Connecticut, is ending legacy admissions, which give a leg up to the children of alumni, just weeks after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action.

After the Supreme Court decision, legacy admissions came under heavy attack because the practice tends to favor white, wealthy applicants over Black, Hispanic, Asian American and Native American students"

~ Vimal Patel

#AffirmativeAction #LegacyAdmissions #Wesleyan

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/19/us/wesleyan-university-ends-legacy-admissions.html

From 2020, but I believe its relevance is boosted in light of recent #scotus actions. "I envision education as a tool to destroy institutional racism." #highered #equity #legacyadmissions https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/views/2020/09/28/its-time-end-legacy-admissions-opinion

"According to the complaint, nearly 70% of legacy and donor-related applicants to the school identify as white. The effects of #LegacyAdmissions preference, LCR director Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal suggests, are deeply inequitable.

“Why are we rewarding children for privileges and advantages accrued by prior generations?” Espinoza-Madrigal asked BBC News. “Your family’s last name and the size of your bank account are not a measure of merit, and should have no bearing on the #CollegeAdmissions process.”"

#affirmativeaction #scotus #SocialJustice #Harvard #scotusiscompromised

https://theblackwallsttimes.com/2023/07/03/advocates-file-complaint-against-harvard-legacy-admissions/?fbclid=IwAR3Uja0KQzMTEv45-94ovNearnBG2YWrDPqFOL5kqaULapH4VIiRsm1t508

by #AriannaCoghill in #MotherJones:

"The groups—the Chica Project, African Community Economic Development of New England, and the Greater Boston Latino Network—argue that by accepting legacy students, Harvard is denying admissions to qualified students of color who’re less likely to have a familial tie to the school."

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/07/harvard-legacy-admissions/

#LegacyAdmissions #AffirmativeAction #Harvard #HigherEducation #education #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS

Harvard’s Admissions Is Challenged for Favoring Children of Alumni. After the Supreme Court banned race-conscious affirmative action, activists filed a complaint, saying legacy admissions helped students who are overwhelmingly rich and white

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/03/us/harvard-alumni-children-affirmative-action.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20230703&instance_id=96645&nl=from-the-times&regi_id=98644423&segment_id=138289&te=1&user_id=8cff65b148cd498607f56d32ef5573bf

#HarvardAdmissions #AffirmativeAction #LegacyAdmissions #RichAndWhiteStudents #SupremeCourtBan #AlumniPreference #Politics #News

If you're banning #affirmativeaction, but not #LegacyAdmissions, you know EXACTLY what you're doing.

"Each year, Harvard College grants special preference in its admissions process to hundreds of mostly white students — not because of anything they have accomplished, but rather solely because of who their relatives are," the complaint states.

https://www.axios.com/2023/07/03/harvard-legacy-donor-admissions-civil-rights-complaint
#harvard #legacyadmissions #collegeadmissions #affirmativeaction

#SupremeCourt: #AffirmativeAction Is OK — If the #Students Are Getting Sent to Die in #Wars
https://theintercept.com/2023/06/29/supreme-court-affirmative-action-military-academy/
By making an exception for #militaryacademies — and #legacyadmissions — the court once again sided with the #rulingclass.

by #JohnNichols in #TheNation:

"The Fair College Admissions for Students Act, which [Jamaal] Bowman proposed with US Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) in the 117th Congress, and which they plan to reintroduce in this Congress, focuses on a frequently neglected form of affirmative action that primarily benefits wealthy white people—and that the court has permitted to stand. Specifically, it would end colleges’ and universities’ practice of giving legacy admissions preferences to the children of alumni and donors. As Bowman and Merkley note, 'Legacy admissions can take up between 10 and 25 percent of available slots at top universities. Some estimates indicate that applying as a legacy student can double to quadruple one’s chances of getting into a highly selective university. In using legacy and donor status in admissions decisions, institutions give preference to students whose families attended or donated to the university, reducing the opportunities for the descendants of enslaved African Americans who built and maintained many of these institutions and other underrepresented students.'”

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/jamaal-bowman-affirmative-action/

#LegacyAdmissions #AffirmativeAction #HigherEducation #college #universities #JamaalBowman #JeffMerkley #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS

Wealthy and powerful
Legacy admissions easier
Supreme Court decision

#supremecourt #affirmativeaction #meritocracy #legacyadmissions #haiku #poetry

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/supreme-court-hasnt-turned-college-admissions-meritocracy-rcna91844

They did away with #affirmativeaction but, #legacyadmissions are still protected.

This was all for the rich!!!!