Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 1, 2023

The University of Virginia (UVA) will rework its legacy admissions policy, The Washington Post reported. An applicant’s familial ties to alumni will no longer be conveyed to admission officers in a direct “checkbox” way, UVA officials said. Concerns over maintaining racial diversity without race-based admissions rose.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2023

Wesleyan University will no longer engage in legacy admissions. Family members of alumni will receive no preference and will be admitted based on their own merits, Roth said. This comes in the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision striking down affirmative action. “An Roth said in a statement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In the fall of 2018, I was a student organizer for affirmative action and one of eight alumni who took the federal witness stand in the lawsuit Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), Inc. Students and alumni fought to voice the importance of race-conscious policies, campus diversity, and solidarity among communities of color.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 11, 2023

When competitive colleges are asked about legacy admissions, they generally say that legacy applicants (those who are the children or relatives of alumni) meet the required academic qualifications for acceptance. Most admissions officers say these students are exceptionally qualified.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Several prominent universities banned legacy admissions when affirmative action ended. With students from underserved backgrounds liable to take the biggest step backward, university officials believed the practice of favoring applicants who hail from alumni was difficult to justify. Vincent’s College in Pennsylvania.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

President Joe Biden’s education chief said he’s open to using “whatever levers” are available—including federal money—to discourage colleges from giving admissions preference to the children of alumni and donors. Read more from AP News.

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EAB

JANUARY 31, 2023

Blogs Enrollment design project: The student experience from admission to alumni January 31, 2023 Heather Veeder Assistant Vice President of Student Success, Policy, and Planning, Eastern Washington University The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of EAB.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2024

Supreme Court ruling on Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. President and Fellows of Harvard College that ended race-based affirmative action in college admissions, reported The Chronicle , a Duke student-run publication. Dr. Candis Watts Smith The decision comes in the wake of the 2023 U.S.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

It’s more of the latter emotion for one sector of higher ed—admissions officers, according to a survey by educational services provider Kaplan. That’s a sharp increase from the 56% of admissions officers who said the same in Kaplan’s 2023 survey. On the heels of the release of U.S. This year, U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Shareese Williams Shareese Williams has been appointed interim director of alumni affairs at Saint Augustine’s University (SAU). She served as senior admissions counselor in the SAU Office of Admissions.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 19, 2023

The University of Minnesota–Twin Cities will no longer consider applicants’ ties to alumni in admissions decisions, The Star Tribune reported. The decision came in “an exceptionally deep review of our context factors,” said Keri Risic, executive director of admissions.

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University Business

JUNE 18, 2024

California could become the fourth state to ban legacy admissions preferences at universities under a bill making its way through the State Legislature. The post California may ban legacy admissions at universities appeared first on University Business. Read more from The New York Times.

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University Business

MAY 5, 2023

During the University of Pennsylvania’s latest admissions cycle, the highly competitive university took a moment to appreciate its tradition of applicants hailing from alumni. Penn has also quit its exclusive admissions information sessions for legacy families. appeared first on University Business.

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University Business

MAY 16, 2024

New York could 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. The post New York eyes ban on legacy college admissions appeared first on University Business.

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College for Creative Study

JANUARY 19, 2023

We are excited to announce that Sabrina Nelson (Fine Arts ’91) has been selected as the Alumni Juror for Re/View: CCS Alumni Exhibition. We are excited to announce that Sabrina Nelson (Fine Arts ’91) has been selected as the Alumni Juror for Re/View: CCS Alumni Exhibition. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JULY 25, 2023

After supreme court struck down affirmative action, legacy admissions scrutinized as race-based discrimination The US Department of Education has opened an investigation into Harvard University’s policies on legacy admissions , which give an edge to applicants with family ties to alumni.

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University Business

JULY 28, 2023

A California college where President Barack Obama started his undergraduate studies will no longer give special treatment to the children of alumni. A campus letter from the school’s president said an applicant’s family ties to Occidental alumni “could be considered” in the past but had only “minimal impact” on decisions.

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College Forward

JUNE 17, 2024

Cheers to New Chapters, College Possible Minnesota’s annual year-end gathering in June, celebrates the successes of the past academic year and features a College Possible student alumni panel. Congratulations and thank you to the Cheers to New Chapters student alumni panelists and to the class of 2024.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 4, 2023

Three groups in Boston—the Chica Project, the African Community Economic Development of New England and the Greater Boston Latino Network—have asked the Education Department to investigate Harvard University’s practice of operating a legacy admissions program, in which the children of alumni are favored.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Legacy college admissions — the practice of selective institutions giving preference to children and relatives of alumni — is under intense scrutiny today. Legacy admissions has an even more corrosive influence: It widens equity gaps in higher education.

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University Business

MAY 29, 2024

Most Asian American adults support use of the SAT and other standardized testing, along with high school grades, in college admission decisions but reject considering race or ethnicity to determine access, according to a new national survey released Wednesday. Read more from the Los Angeles Times.

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University Business

JULY 20, 2023

Three prominent schools have updated their admissions policy to no longer consider a student’s legacy status after considering the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down affirmative action. Opponents of legacy admissions have become more vocal—and active—since the Supreme Court decision.

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EAB

JULY 27, 2023

Blogs Overcome these two roadblocks to engage young alumni Many of today’s young alumni find themselves burdened with outsized student loan debt and facing tumultuous financial challenges as they embark on entry-level careers. Additionally, this generation of alumni’s time in college was greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Supreme Court decision outlawing the use of affirmative action in the higher education admissions process continue to ripple across the nation. Harvey Proactive, targeted zip code-focused recruitment combined with direct admissions. Concerned alumni groups. The shock waves that erupted following the U.S. Dr. William B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Christiansen, vice provost for university enrollment affairs and dean of admissions and financial aid. Scholarship recipient families also, typically receive Opportunity Vanderbilt awards greater than full tuition to support housing, food, travel, and other college expenses, according to Douglas L.

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University Business

OCTOBER 25, 2022

One reason: children of alumni. The post Why elite colleges won’t give up legacy admissions appeared first on University Business. Known as legacy students, these students are up to eight times more likely to be accepted at elite colleges, according to one estimate. Read more on The Hechinger Report.

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College Forward

JANUARY 17, 2024

Over the past couple of months, we had insightful conversations with AmeriCorps alumni who recently served with College Possible and have since transitioned into roles within higher education. After completing his term of service, Jerry moved to Iowa to join Central College as an admissions representative.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

As the president of an arts and design university, one of the ways we’ve found to close this gap is through an open admissions policy. One of the failures of stringent university admissions requirements is that a student’s future performance is heavily based on their high school performance. Why open admissions works.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 1, 2024

California governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation banning admissions preferences for relatives of alumni and donors at both public and private universities in the state on Monday, the second law in the nation that applies to independent as well as public colleges. It’s the most consequential legacy legislation to date.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students, for example, have historically faced lower admission and graduation rates at the university. From 2016 to 2022, the number of applicants from this demographic nearly doubled, yet acceptance rates remained low, highlighting a critical need for additional support. “The

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Historically, HBCU students and alumni have played a pivotal role in securing the civil rights of not only Black people, but of all marginalized Americans. Other bills range from those that defund higher education DEI offices and staff, restrict diversity statements and training, and ban identity-based preferences in hiring and admissions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Before Oregon State, Vignos was associate director of admissions and outreach at the University of California, Davis, School of Law; attorney in private practice at a large international law firm; and law clerk at the University of California, Davis Immigration Law Clinic and the East Bay Community Law Center.

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AIFS Abroad

OCTOBER 4, 2021

We caught up with Sarah, one of our alumni who participated in our study abroad program in London in 2013. When it came to writing a thesis, I chose International Admissions, my true passion, as my topic. That opened me up to so much more professional development, giving me a very niche skill within Admissions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Earlham Summer: A Pre-College Program for High School Students will give up to 120 high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors the opportunity to take classes from Earlham faculty, stay overnight on campus, and learn about admissions and scholarship opportunities. 18-23 and 25-30.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Leonard and Laura Kennedy, an admissions officer at MSU, were tasked with researching institutions with similar initiatives. “We NATAP] was to really focus on what is inhibiting [Native] students from participating on our campus and becoming our students and our alumni.” says Weatherspoon in an interview with Diverse.

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Great College Advice

AUGUST 3, 2023

Fall is the time of year where admissions counselors everywhere hit the road. The admissions counselor will give an overview of the basic statistics of the college and the admissions process. Alumni will often speak of life after graduation and the job searching process. So be prepared to ask some!

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Leonard and Laura Kennedy, an admissions officer at MSU, were tasked with researching institutions with similar initiatives. “We NATAP] was to really focus on what is inhibiting [Native] students from participating on our campus and becoming our students and our alumni.” says Weatherspoon in an interview with Diverse.

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