Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Legacy preference or legacy admission is a preference given by an institution or organization to certain applicants on the basis of their familial relationship to alumni of that institution. [3] It is most controversial in college admissions, [4] where students so admitted are referred to as legacies or legacy students.
The law, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, makes California the second state – after Maryland – to ban legacy admissions at private colleges, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Legacy college admission is an advantage given at birth, in which the children of a school’s alumni receive special consideration in the college admissions rat race. But after the US Supreme ...
A new law banning legacy and donor admissions at private California universities, including USC and Stanford — among the handful of schools that admit a significant number of children of alumni ...
He also argued that if Harvard removed all other factors for admissions preference—racial preferences for underrepresented minorities, penalties against Asian Americans, and legacy and athlete preferences—the number of Asian-Americans admitted would increase by 1,241, or 50%, over six years. [33]
Elizabeth C. Wright (November 14, 1876 – February 23, 1963) was one of the founders of Connecticut College (formerly Connecticut College for Women). [1] She served as the first Secretary of the college from 1910 to 1921 and as the college's bursar from 1917 to 1943.
Elite colleges say they’re ending alumni preference to make admissions fairer. Critics call it a PR move to gloss over troubling inequities. Meanwhile, families are trying to figure out what ...
By this time, the community college had grown to include three campuses across the county, with a total enrollment of about 10,000. [1] The county and college are considered much more accepting to LGBTQ individuals than during the 1968 protest, with Doylestown and New Hope having sizable LGBTQ communities and annual pride parades. [1]