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Legacy Admissions Hit Historic Low as More States Ban Practice at U.S. Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Legacy preferences in college admissions have plummeted to their lowest recorded level, with just 24% of four-year colleges still considering family alumni status in admissions decisions, according to a comprehensive new report from Education Reform Now. In 24 states, no public colleges provide legacy preferences at all.

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Bethune-Cookman Declares Its One, Only Alumni Association

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Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU) recently announced that it has resolved a lawsuit against its former alumni association. B-CU filed suit two years ago, following a split between the historically Black university and the alumni association.

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Alumni Gift $25M to UCLA Department of History

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The University of California Los Angeles has become the benefactor of a $25 million gift from Meyer Luskin and his wife, Renee, both UCLA alumni. Meyer and Renee Luskin have donated $25 million to UCLA to broaden historical knowledge among the public. “We

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Charitable Giving to U.S. Higher Education Institutions Rises 3% Despite Economic Challenges

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Alumni giving saw the most significant increase among donor categories, rising 7.5 Thirty years ago, alumni provided 27.6 percent of foundation support now coming from personal and family foundations, many established by alumni. percent from the previous year. Foundation giving led the growth with a 13.3

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Alumni Influence to Facilitate Diversity Starts With a One-Dollar Donation

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Harvey Nevertheless, some of these alumni maintain various levels of contact with their alma maters – ranging from attending reunion events, to regularly reviewing materials they receive from the college or university, to making monetary donations they hope will help produce a more inclusive atmosphere for current and future generations.

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Dr. Lester McCorn Selected to Lead Paine College

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I relish the opportunity to collaborate with Paine College's trustees, administrators, alumni, students, faculty, stakeholders, and civic and business leaders to realize our vision for higher education excellence."

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Supreme Court's Hollow Ruling One Year Later: Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Students Left Behind in the Pursuit of a 'Race-Blind' Agenda’

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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.