California Strikes Down Legacy Admissions at All Colleges and Universities
“The decision affects private and nonprofit universities.”
This is a growing trend. A handful of other states have already done this.
ABC News reports:
California bans legacy admissions in all colleges, universities
California has become the fourth state to ban legacy admissions in the college application process, a practice that has long been criticized as favoring white or wealthy students based on their familial alumni connections.
“In California, everyone should be able to get ahead through merit, skill, and hard work,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a Monday statement. “The California Dream shouldn’t be accessible to just a lucky few, which is why we’re opening the door to higher education wide enough for everyone, fairly.”
The decision affects private and nonprofit universities. The University of California system eliminated legacy admission preferences in 1998, according to Newsom’s office.
Legacy admissions have come under heightened scrutiny following the Supreme Court’s decision to limit race-based affirmative action programs for colleges and universities in June 2023. California law had banned affirmative action in 1996.
“In light of this shift, proponents of AB 1780 advocated for admissions criteria that additionally ensure that factors like wealth or personal relationships do not unduly influence admissions decisions,” the governor’s office said in a statement.
The majority of Americans — 75% of those surveyed in a April 2022 Pew Research study — believe a student’s relationship to an alumni should not be a factor in admissions.
“AB 1780 aims to ensure that admissions decisions are based on merit rather than personal connections — reducing biases in the admissions process at private colleges in California,” the governor’s office said.
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I would like to know how Granolafornia plans on enforcing this at private universities? Short of requiring them to open up their admissions processes to public scrutiny, which would likely entail legal battles that would go up to SCOTUS on privacy and proprietary issues, I don’t see how Granolafornia can even begin to enforce this on institutions which are not state-related.
Agree.
uhhhh kind of ironic for this statement:
In California, everyone should be able to get ahead through merit, skill, and hard work,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a Monday statement.
affirmaction dei hate crimes etc allll race based against whites
Right.
White people no longer get an edge.
Nonwhite people now get mandated edges.
“The majority of Americans — 75% of those surveyed in a April 2022 Pew Research study — believe a student’s relationship to an alumni should not be a factor in admissions.”
What is missing is a survey of the willingness of alumni to bequeath to universities if their “Johnny” is not accepted as a student. The reason for legacy admissions, I would think, is as a tool to maximize the revenue from the alumni. If “Johnny” is forced to go to a different university, papa will now have split loyalties and therefore exhibit a more constrained generosity to his alma mater.
I never understood this whole loyalty to a university nonsense in the first place. It reminds me of having to have school spirit when I was back in high school. Rah-rah for our team. To me. The place was that awful thing I had to go to to go to class and get a high school diploma. Loyalty to a bunch of buildings and administrators that I despised wasn’t in the cards.
in complete agreement with that
but its none of the governments business to tell the U what and who when it comes to legacy admissions
but when you cave into lefty even once
the house of cards shall fall
Especially when I never went to the same school more than 2 years in a row because of my father’s work!
You underestimate Melinda, the mother of little Johnny. She is very involved in the admissions process. It is the mothers who oversee the schooling up to junior year and through the admissions ritual. She is the one who makes sure the volunteer work, tutoring and essays are appropriate. She may be very involved in the financial planning as well.
This can be court challenged by private colleges, right?
would seem to be and so that just proves the government couldnt care less about wasting time and money ..they just crave power
Why would anyone give a cent to their old university, if they get nothing in return?
Some people believe in paying it forward.
If I still believed my alma mater consisted of responsible people creating even more responsible people, I’d be one of them.
My father earned his bachelor’s degree and a medical degree from an Ivy League university. He became a full professor and held one of the most prestigious endowed chairs at the same university.
Surprise, surprise — I was admitted to the same school where I earned a BS and MS degree. Strictly speaking I was a legacy admission. However, I attended a highly regarded high school where I finished second in my class and had college board scores well above the average for the university I attended. A dozen or so of my classmates were admitted to Ivy League or comparable schools. In a nutshell I believe I would’ve been admitted even if I were not a legacy.
The primary reason I attended my dad’s school was that I got close to a free ride which was a perk of the old man’s professorship. Otherwise our family income was too high for me to have received very much financial aid.
CA gov newscum would rather foreign sources pump billions into american schools??
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2024/10/02/report-u-s-universities-taking-billions-in-undisclosed-foreign-money/