Roughly 500 universities consider legacy status when evaluating applicants, including more than half of the nation’s 100 most ...

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 ...

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

New admissions criteria announced a continuation of legacy consideration and a reinstatement of the standardized testing ...

Cornell’s Legacy Admissions Process Sparks Debate Following Removal of Affirmative Action By Anushka Shorewala Oct 19, 2023 7:02 pm · Updated Oct 20, 2023 12:12 am Reading time: about 8 minutes ...

Set to take effect Sept. 1, 2025, Assembly Bill 1780 bans so-called legacy admissions at private campuses that benefit from state funding, such as the Cal Grants used by thousands of students.

Ending legacy admissions may be defensible in the service of equity, but it’s neither necessary nor sufficient to increase lower-income students’ access to higher education.

Virginia banned legacy admissions in March for public colleges and universities in the state. Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed the bill, which had bipartisan support after passing the ...

The landscape of college admissions is currently undergoing seismic shifts in ways we haven’t seen since the widespread adoption of affirmative-action policies in the 1970s. In 2023, the Supreme ...

Stanford University will continue considering legacy status in admissions through fall 2026, despite California’s ban on ...