As the Supreme Court prepares to hear a case challenging affirmative action, Rep. Jamaal Bowman and Sen. Jeff Merkley are pushing to end legacy and donor admissions practices at colleges that receive federal funding.
As the Supreme Court prepares to hear a case challenging affirmative action, Rep. Jamaal Bowman and Sen. Jeff Merkley are pushing to end legacy and donor admissions practices at colleges that receive federal funding., which would bar colleges that receive funding from federal student aid from considering legacies – or a particular applicant’s family ties – in the admissions process.
“The legacy admissions practice which disproportionately benefits rich, white, and connected students, and has antisemitic and anti-immigrant roots, creates another systemic barrier to accessing higher education for low-income students, students of color, and first-generation students,” the New York lawmaker continued.
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