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OPINION: Why I view the ban on legacy admissions at California’s private universities with skepticism
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed a law prohibiting the consideration of legacy and donor status in admissions decisions. The impact will be most felt at a small handful of private ...
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At Mater Dei, a unique link to USC’s secret admission system for donors’ kids
The Mater Dei president rounded up admissions materials for Armona’s child including ... A few months later, her father made ...
Washington Square News3d
New York Senate’s fight to ban legacy-based admissions
New York policymakers are ramping up efforts to ban legacy-based admissions to colleges — a change NYU said it made “some ...
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Julie Posselt
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed a law prohibiting the consideration of legacy and donor status in admissions decisions. The impact will be most felt at a small handful of private ...
Los Angeles Times28d
Beyond Varsity Blues: In pursuit of donations, USC admitted affluent kids as walk-on athletes
The admissions officer who reviewed his file ... He would be a major big donor.” Ronald Orr, then-head of athletic department fundraising, and a colleague arranged their schedules that day ...
Legacy boosts admissions rates at elite schools | College Connection
A report by the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) found that about 50% of institutions consider ...
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California banned legacy admissions. Northeastern Oakland still plans to consider them.
Despite a new California law outlawing consideration of legacy in college admissions, Northeastern said it would continue ...
Claremont Independent15d
California Bans Legacy Admissions at Private Colleges and Universities
Image via Flickr. Copyright Gavin Newsom.On September 30th, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1780 into ...