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The movement to end legacy admissions — preferences some universities give to the children of alumni — is having a moment.
Good. With rising populist outrage toward experts and elites, universities should have long ago ended admissions practices that appear to promote hereditary privilege. Yet a Post analysis found that more than 100 selective schools, including all eight Ivy League institutions, still practice legacy admissions.
Now that the Supreme Court has banned universities from engaging in race-conscious admissions — in a case targeting Harvard, which offers legacy preferences — legacy policies threaten even more the legitimacy of institutions that claim to promote admissions based on merit and to value diversity.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/05/legacy-admissions-ivy-league-fairness/
Good. With rising populist outrage toward experts and elites, universities should have long ago ended admissions practices that appear to promote hereditary privilege. Yet a Post analysis found that more than 100 selective schools, including all eight Ivy League institutions, still practice legacy admissions.
Now that the Supreme Court has banned universities from engaging in race-conscious admissions — in a case targeting Harvard, which offers legacy preferences — legacy policies threaten even more the legitimacy of institutions that claim to promote admissions based on merit and to value diversity.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/05/legacy-admissions-ivy-league-fairness/