Stanford will forgo Cal Grants to keep legacy admissions considerations in place despite California’s new statewide ban.

With three weeks to go before California's ban on legacy and donor admissions takes effect at private universities that ...

For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Stanford University will require applicants to submit standardized test ...

Stanford University has confirmed its admissions policies for fall 2026 will continue considering legacy status, a decision that could influence access to one of Silicon Valley’s most important talent ...

Some higher education advocates have long sought transparency in college admissions data, but President Trump’s latest ...

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 ...

Legacy admissions are under scrutiny after the undoing of affirmative action in college admissions. New data shows, for the first time, how widespread the practice may be. Nearly 600 colleges ...

Legacy students fell from 12.6% to 3.6% at Johns Hopkins six years after it ended legacy admissions in 2014, while Pell-eligible low-income students went up to 19.1% from 9%, university President ...

After the U.S. Supreme Court found (to no one’s surprise) that colleges and universities could not use a race-based approach in their admissions process, the long-standing attack on legacy ad… ...

Legacy status played a “negligible role” in admissions, Michael S. Roth, Wesleyan’s president, said in an interview. But, he added, the practice was becoming a distraction and “a sign of ...

new video loaded: We Benefited From Legacy Admissions. And We Want It to End. transcript “In the college admissions process, I feel like I had essentially every privilege possible.” “I was ...