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 matters more: school spirit or cold hard cash.
Note, though, thatundergraduate admissions offices will be most interested if your parents went there for their undergraduate degrees.If your parents instead got professional degrees andnottheir undergraduate degreesfrom the school, it's less likely you'd be counted as a legacy during the undergraduat...
Presidential candidate and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, in the higher education plan heunveiledlast week, proposed that institutions of higher education be more transparent about the role legacy plays in admissions. He also raised the possibility of barring federal funding for colleg...
SparkNew Debate.]]>Reports on the impact of the statement issued by U.S. President George W. Bush rejecting the use of legacy in college admissions on minority groups and on higher education in the country. Perception of Doctor William Harvey, director of the American Council on Education's...
Family Ties: An Unfair Advantage? ; amid Debate over Racial Preferences, Legacy Admissions Are Suddenly Cast in a Harsher Light
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 matters more: school spirit or cold hard cash.