US EditionCritics Say Trump's Push for Fairness in College Admissions Leaves Out Legacy Preferences
Trump's reforms focus on removing racial factors in admissions while legacy preferences persist at over 500 universities, including more than half of the top 100 selective schools.
- Last week, President Donald Trump issued an executive action requiring universities to submit data on applicants and admits, claiming taxpayers 'deserve confidence in the fairness and integrity' of decisions.
- Amid debates over admissions fairness, Trump has argued that racial preferences undermine merit, yet he hasn't addressed legacy admissions, critics say.
- Roughly 500 universities consider legacy status, including more than half of the most selective schools, with no specific percentage given in recent disclosures.
- Despite targeting racial considerations, critics and some allies question `his silence on legacy admissions, which benefit applicants through family ties or wealth.`
- Last year, Virginia’s Republican governor signed a bill barring legacy admissions at public institutions, and Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., urged all accredited institutions to eliminate all ancestry-based preferences, stating 'restoring meritocracy warrants more.
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Trump orders colleges to prove they don’t consider race in admissions - The Philadelphia Sunday Sun
By Annie Ma and Jocelyn GeckerAP Education Writers ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Colleges will be required to submit data to prove they do not consider race in admissions under a new policy ordered last Thursday by President Donald Trump. In 2023, the Supreme Court ruled against the use of affirmative action in admissions but said colleges may still consider how race has shaped students’ lives if applicants share that information in their admiss…
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Critics say Trump's push for fairness in college admissions leaves out legacy preferences
All eight Ivy League schools use such admissions policies, which give applicants a boost because of their wealth or family ties.
Trump's education reform hasn't touched 'affirmative action for the rich': legacy admissions
“It’s hard to think of a more flagrant way in which the system is rigged than legacy preferences,” says Richard Kahlenberg, a researcher at the Progressive Policy Institute.
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