Trump’s critics and some allies question his silence on admissions policies that give applicants a boost because of their ...

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

Stanford University has confirmed its admissions policies for fall 2026 will continue considering legacy status, a decision ...

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

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 ...