As President Donald Trump attempts to reshape college admissions, he's promising a new era of fairness, with an emphasis on ...

With three weeks to go before California's ban on legacy and donor admissions takes effect at private universities that ...

Stanford will forgo Cal Grants to keep legacy admissions considerations in place despite California’s new statewide ban.

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

Ending legacy preferences in college admissions also has some bipartisan support in Congress. “There’s a strong consensus from every political point of view," Stemler says.

For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Stanford University will require applicants to submit standardized test scores in its fall 2026 admissions process. It will also continue legacy ...

President Trump’s most recent executive order wades into a debate over how elite colleges should weigh grades and test scores ...

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.

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 ...

The topic of legacy admissions is particularly relevant at Penn, where 16 percent of undergraduate students are considered legacy students. In 2017, The New York Times published an interactive data ...

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

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