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California Bans Legacy Admissions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

California has banned legacy admissions, making it illegal for public and private universities in the state to consider an applicant’s relationship to alumni or donors when deciding whether to admit them. 1, 2025, is the nation’s fifth legacy admissions ban, but only the second that will apply to private colleges.

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Experts Gathered to Discuss Challenges Facing Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Paul Getty Trust, which funds research and visual art preservation, and Dr. Josef Sorett, dean of Columbia College at Columbia University and vice president for undergraduate education. Public universities and private universities all have very different kinds of funding allocations,” said Dirks.

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How to do good on social media, according to 2 leaders

University Business

As the president of Hollins University, an all-female private university, she is especially cognizant of how some content places unrealistic pressure on young women. “It’s a place for me to learn, connect and grow,” Geisel says. “I don’t want to go back to that.

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Legacy Admissions

Great College Advice

Legacy admissions is a policy that grants preferences to the children of alumni. The policy has been particularly important in the Ivy League and other elite, private schools. At these private, elite universities, alumni represent a huge chunk of the donors who regularly and generously give to the college.

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Boldly Future Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

University Farm is a 492-acre working, producing farm. It involves seven state-supported universities and one private university, including UNC Chapel Hill, NC State, and Duke. It involves seven state-supported universities and one private university, including UNC Chapel Hill, NC State, and Duke.

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Which 2 groups can actually be hurt by the end of legacy admissions? One may surprise you

University Business

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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The Digital Shift for Transcript of Records in the Philippines

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And as institutions continue to rely on manual ToR management, students, alumni, and administrators face growing challenges. For students, a Transcript of Records (ToR) is more than just a document; its a key to unlocking future academic and career opportunities. As guardians of such critical information, they need a better way forward.

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