Legacy preference” refers to the boost to a prospective student’s chances of admission if they are related to an alumnus, ...

My husband's family came to California in large part because of its promising college system. Now we're one of many praying ...

A 2023 civil rights complaint against Harvard University reported that between 2014 and 2019, legacy applicants were six ...

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No university drew in more defendants than USC ... dubbed Operation Varsity Blues blows the lid off an audacious college admissions fraud scheme aimed at getting the children of the rich and ...

Children of the wealthy and connected get special admissions consideration at some elite U.S. universities, according to new ...

Colorado and Connecticut have all introduced legislation regarding legacy admissions, but California is the second state to ban legacy admission for all institutions, following Maryland in February ...

Claudia Hampton deftly navigated board politics, a recent book argues, using her wits to advocate on behalf of low-income ...

The Court of Appeal held that before issuing a CEQA Class 32 exemption, the City of Los Angeles was required to assess whether the project ...

Graduate admissions information, number and percent of applications ... and interdisciplinary fields. The University of California opened its doors in 1869 with just 10 faculty members and 40 students ...

Some Elite US Universities Favor Wealthy Students in Admissions ... the lawsuit are the California Institute of Technology, Cornell, Georgetown, MIT, Notre Dame and the University of Pennsylvania.

In September, Newsom signed a law that prohibits legacy connections and donations as a factor in college admissions. Although the University of California system already outlawed the practice in ...