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☆ Legacy students no longer have an advantage at Stanford and other private California colleges
  + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
California is the second state to ban the practice at private colleges. Legacy preference has been under scrutiny since the Supreme Court's decision on affirmative action. AdvertisementStudents can no longer use their legacy connections to help them get accepted to prestigious California schools like Stanford. The announcement makes California the second state after Maryland to ban legacy preference in admissions at private universities. Related storiesHowever, some colleges have taken proactive steps over the past decade to ban legacy preference in their admissions practices.
Persons: Gavin Newsom, —, Newsom, Ethan Poskanzer, Michael Roth, Gabrielle Star, isn't, Phil Ting Organizations: Service, Stanford, Gov, University of Southern, University of Colorado, Wesleyan University, CNN, Pomona College, University of California Locations: California, University of Southern California, Maryland, Boulder, Illinois, Virginia
☆ A millennial transformed a house into her pink '90s dream home with a movie theater and arcade. Now she has to sell.
  + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Go to newsletter preferencesSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. She's painted her front door and shutters pink, and placed pink flamingo figurines on either side of the path that leads to it. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. AdvertisementShe asked to be referred to by her social-media name for privacy reasons, but Business Insider has verified her identity. But when another supplier started selling a suspiciously similar version of her cup-holder purses on Amazon, Gabrielle started struggling financially.
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☆ The bad math behind Harvard's refusal to do away with legacy admissions
  + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +14 min
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.
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☆ What are legacy admissions — and do colleges need them?
  + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +8 min
Since the Supreme Court’s decision on race-based admissions, Wesleyan University and the University of Minnesota dropped legacy admissions. A 2022 report from nonprofit think tank Education Reform Now found that colleges were turning away from legacy admissions. Eighty-nine percent of college admissions directors did not support the use of legacy admits, and three-quarters of public colleges and universities didn’t even provide a legacy preference. “In that admission process, that legacy extra boost really can make a difference.”Donations, donations, donationsSome colleges say that legacy admissions play a financial role in keeping donors engaged. Casey added that getting rid of legacy admissions won’t change the compositions of the nation’s most elite colleges overnight.
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