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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
☆ 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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☆ Scientists discovered a surprising new brain circuit in mice that's making them rethink how humans may manage extreme stress
  + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Erin Heger | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
A newly discovered brain circuit in mice helps relax the brain during times of extreme stress. A lead researcher says the study results suggest similar processes may occur in the human brain. Mouse brains are, of course, different from human brains. A new brain circuitStressed-out mice may hold the key to better understanding stress and how we manage it. And because the newly discovered brain circuit in mice helps control attention and perception, it could play an important role in treating attention disorders, and other neurological and psychological disorders, Poskanzer said.
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