By clinging to legacy admissions, colleges are not only undermining claims of advancing equality but may be shooting themselves in the financial foot.
'A weak and sad excuse'The legacy preference has always been a dance of public intentions and private subtext.
While the rationales for preserving legacy admissions have evolved, the propensity to obfuscate them hasn't.
Harvard's massive $50 billion endowment makes it pretty clear: the school doesn't need to keep legacy admissions anymore.
When Wesleyan announced it was dropping legacy admissions Roth was adamant that it was the right move.
Persons:
James Murphy, —, Richard Kahlenberg, Christopher Eisgruber, Ethan Poskanzer, Radcliffe, gosh, James Hankins, Murphy, Brooks Kraft, Amherst, Biddy Martin, Gabrielle Starr, Michael Roth, Wesleyan alums, Brown, MIT's Emilio Castilla, Kahlenberg, Harvard, Roth
Organizations:
US Supreme, Harvard, Department of Education, Georgetown University, Princeton University's, Washington Post, University of Colorado, Wall, Princeton, Getty, MIT, University of Texas, The Century Foundation, Pomona College, CNN, Research, Council, Advancement, Wesleyan College, Wesleyan, Ivy League, Stanford, Duke, University of Chicago, Poskanzer, University of North, Carnegie Mellon, Occidental College
Locations:
Boulder, University of North Carolina, America