Education

California Enacts Sweeping Legacy Ban

From Inside Higher Education: “The state became the second to prohibit legacy preferences at both public and private institutions. It’s the most consequential legacy legislation to date. … Maryland became the first state to pass a public and private legacy ban earlier this year, but very few colleges were affected; its most selective university, Johns Hopkins, discontinued the practice in 2020. By contrast, California’s elite private colleges admit substantial numbers of legacy applicants. In 2022, 14.4 percent of USC’s first-year class were legacy admits, according to the latest available data; 13.8 percent of Stanford’s class and 13.3 percent of Santa Clara University’s also had family ties.”

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