NPR: legacy admissions https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1189475130 legacy admissions en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Fri, 13 Jun 2025 19:16:43 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: legacy admissions https://www.npr.org/tags/1189475130/legacy-admissions Colleges are ending legacy admissions to diversify campuses post-affirmative action The end of affirmative action and the increasing concerns about the cost of college have led the Biden administration and colleges to consider new measures to achieve diversity. Wed, 26 Jul 2023 06:58:18 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2023/07/26/1190123330/naacps-ivory-toldson-discusses-the-investigation-into-harvard-legacy-admissions https://www.npr.org/2023/07/26/1190123330/naacps-ivory-toldson-discusses-the-investigation-into-harvard-legacy-admissions The end of affirmative action and the increasing concerns about the cost of college have led the Biden administration and colleges to consider new measures to achieve diversity.

]]> Mansee Khurana Affirmative action for rich kids: It's more than just legacy admissions A blockbuster new study finds that America's elite private colleges are systematically giving huge advantages to rich kids over their equally bright, yet less privileged peers. Mon, 24 Jul 2023 06:01:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2023/07/24/1189443223/affirmative-action-for-rich-kids-its-more-than-just-legacy-admissions https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2023/07/24/1189443223/affirmative-action-for-rich-kids-its-more-than-just-legacy-admissions

A blockbuster new study finds that America's elite private colleges are systematically giving huge advantages to rich kids over their equally bright, yet less privileged peers.

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