#legacyadmissions — Public Fediverse posts

📢 New on the blog! Explore how California is leading the charge for transparency and equity in college admissions with a spotlight on legacy admissions. 🎓
https://www.eliza-ng.me/post/senforcementmec/
#CollegeAdmissions #LegacyAdmissions #Transparency #Equity

#WesleyanUniversity and #SarahLawrenceCollege were featured on the #PBS #NewsHour last night, in this story about the aftermath of the #SCOTUS decision further restricting/eliminating #AffirmativeAction. Both schools voluntarily ended #LegacyAdmissions in response.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn9SfF1KK8E
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#college #HigherEd #admissions

Applauding #OccidentalCollege in Los Angeles for also deciding to end legacy admissions! “To ensure we are removing any potential barriers to access and opportunity, Occidental will no longer ask applicants about alumni relationships.” https://apnews.com/article/0bae32bcd509634d1fe96693a3186dee #HigherEd #LegacyAdmissions

"Wesleyan University, a liberal arts college in Connecticut, is ending legacy admissions, which give a leg up to the children of alumni, just weeks after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action.

After the Supreme Court decision, legacy admissions came under heavy attack because the practice tends to favor white, wealthy applicants over Black, Hispanic, Asian American and Native American students"

~ Vimal Patel

#AffirmativeAction #LegacyAdmissions #Wesleyan

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/19/us/wesleyan-university-ends-legacy-admissions.html

Along with Wesleyan University, Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh have discontinued preferences for #LegacyAdmissions.

#AffirmativeAction #CollegeAdmissions

https://triblive.com/news/children-relatives-of-alumni-no-longer-have-admissions-edge-at-carnegie-mellon-pitt/?cid=db&source=ams&sourceid=

#Education #GOPIsDestroyingAmerica #ArrestTheGOP #BanTheGOP #RepublicansAreDestroyingAmerica #LegacyAdmissions #Resistbot #Petition: End legacy admissions now!
https://resist.bot/petitions/PGEXNC

#Education #GOPIsDestroyingAmerica #ArrestTheGOP #BanTheGOP #RepublicansAreDestroyingAmerica #LegacyAdmissions #Petition Sign the petition: End legacy admissions to elite colleges
https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/petitions/sign-the-petition-end-legacy-admissions-to-elite-colleges?source=20230705share&can_id=ddbeab5dc1f0ec1370275b4de6d8c151&mobile_message_referrer=mobile-message_30755

A formal complaint's been lodged targeting Harvard's legacy admissions. #highered #affirmativeaction #legacyadmissions #collegeadmissions
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/03/us/harvard-alumni-children-affirmative-action.html?unlocked_article_code=Kwp2ySnOybpv83MgzJxI1JIXTO6P3YlPgRRheZMlNNuZlos0MtVwfZVnh419J_B8lyZ83Vsx2CdrszXHzIqrrGAbJ7PEOGFq87kaz0nWYB0gNMT6Jy8J6Xaa9nYRK33PiM3s5x80xOOWmUCOgZfFOoDuEz2tZdMI13nhRcAM6rygDisKLoDWNuBH7e83Ner99516WHUhkdm6v2js0rJCECzyNKkOGA9SOTeuTZIQi1-9VM9HuSDoCjCwM6EvTeSCKTZU8iRgo8hVoyyJx_ioH4p6xglIsL_60VyJ9PVBn4xl4DtxDcCOSSPDDCMn57_lZFXQVcKCoPXTA8RsdHVh_2h-PggCtLtFQ_RGzd7Z-g&smid=url-share