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Legacy Admissions

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The policy has been particularly important in the Ivy League and other elite, private schools. Legacy admissions is all about perpetuating the American elite The thing to remember is that not so long ago, the Ivy League schools and the other private, elite schools of the east coast really were just for the elite.

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Will Legacy Admissions End Along With Affirmative Action?

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For the classes of 2014-2019, Harvard legacies were admitted at a rate of 33.6% , compared to 5.9% Mickey Munley, a higher education consultant and former fundraiser, agrees. Amherst's decision echoed a similar move by Johns Hopkins University, which jettisoned legacy admissions in 2014. for non-legacies.

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How Will the Harvard Lawsuit Affect Affirmative Action in College Admissions?

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Despite this initial focus on employment, affirmative action became most commonly associated with education, and particularly higher education, during the 1970s. That lawsuit led to the first major Supreme Court case on affirmative action in higher education admissions. Regents of the University of California v.

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Reimagining the Liberal Arts and Humanities

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Except that it's not entirely shocking given what's happening across higher education. This is a time of great change in higher education," Gee said , "and we are leading that change rather than being its victim." By 2014, those figures had dropped to 2.6% West Virginia's situation is hardly unique.

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Johns Hopkins Reinstates Standardized Testing

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The decision follows similar policy changes at Ivy League colleges. Hopkins' decision follows similar policy changes by several Ivy League schools. What differentiates Johns Hopkins from this group is its policy on legacy admissions, which it abandoned in 2014. Daniels wrote in The Chronicle of Higher Education. "It

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What Is Brown University Known For?

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Brown University , located in Providence, Rhode Island, is an Ivy League research university known for its strong science programs, especially in medicine, math, and computer sciences. Brown's reputation as a prestigious institution is long: It's the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States.

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Massachusetts Bill Aims to End Legacy Admissions, Early Decision

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Pavel Payano, both Democrats, the bill seeks to "advance fairness, integrity, and excellence in higher education admissions." The bill notes the Higher Education Opportunity Trust Fund would be created "for the purposes of supporting certificate and degree attainment at select public community colleges." for non-legacies.